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bluefish

/bloo-fish/US // ˈbluˌfɪʃ //UK // (ˈbluːˌfɪʃ) //

青鱼,蓝鱼,鲈鱼,鯥

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural blue·fish, blue·fish·es.

    • : a predaceous, marine, bluish or greenish food fish, Pomatomus saltatrix, inhabiting Atlantic coastal waters of North and South America.
    • : any of various fishes, usually of a bluish color.

Examples

  • We fished together—for bluefish in the Long Island sound and for tarpon at Islamorada.

  • It tells the story of the Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby, a five-week fishing tournament with a $30,000 prize.

  • Bluefish knocked the ashes out of his pipe, from which we judged that his yarn was brought to a close.

  • At this momentous juncture, old Bluefish, to our unmitigated astonishment, started up with a wild whoop.

  • Bluefish also did well, but little Dicky Drake, as usual, made a laughing-stock of himself.

  • After the horse-racing came the bull and bear fight, in which old Bluefish and myself evinced an especial interest.

  • In the Gulf of Mexico it often feeds in company with the salt-water trout, and in northern waters with the bluefish and weakfish.