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croaker

/kroh-ker/US // ˈkroʊ kər //UK // (ˈkrəʊkə) //

大黄鱼,黄花鱼,黄鱼,大黄蜂

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that croaks.
    • : any of several sciaenoid fishes that make a croaking noise, especially Micropogonias undulatus, found off the Atlantic coast of the southern U.S.
    • : a person who grumbles or forebodes evil.
    • : Slang. doctor.

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Examples

  • The yellow croaker fish maw in the soup chef Eddy Leung had prepared for us on Tuesday tasted similar.

  • Frogs within the region are darker than those outside it, which may indicate the croakers are developing defenses against radiation.

  • The easiest way to convince a croaker to write a “script” for morphine is to fake gallstones or kidney stones.

  • Bob Croaker was still at the school, and was, from prudential motives, a fast friend of Martin.

  • Bob Croaker was a noted fighter, Martin Rattler was, up to this date, an untried hero.

  • The word courbina is Italian and means croaker, from the Latin, corvus, crow.

  • What the world gets sick of is the croaker, who never ceases talking about his ailments.

  • For my own part, I'm not such a croaker, and I've known many a creaking door hanging a precious long time on its hinges.

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