minnow
鲦鱼,小鱼,小鱼儿,鱲角鱼
Definitions
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plural min·nows, min·now for 1-3.
- : a small, European cyprinoid fish, Phoxinus phoxinus.
- : any other fish of the family Cyprinidae, including the carps, goldfishes, and daces.
- : any of various unrelated, small fishes.
- : a person or thing that is comparatively small or insignificant.
Examples
They got to touch a beached jellyfish before dragging a net through the water to capture a glistening, flip-flopping mass of minnows.
It’s still early days, and it’s barely a minnow next to the wind and solar sharks in the current sea of renewables—but osmotic energy is gaining traction.
The online environment for Switch games is a minnow among sharks.
"They are using a whale to catch a minnow," said defense attorney Charles Swift.
“They are using a whale to catch a minnow,” said defense attorney Charles Swift.
The Minnow bites freely in fine weather, and you may take almost as many as you please by angling for them.
Should rain fall at this season, after the water has been low for some time, Trout will take a minnow exceedingly well.
The former is styled the Archimedean, the latter the Phantom Minnow, which collapses when struck by a fish.
Courtiers of forty years' standing, and such I may write myself, are as far to seek in the matter as a minnow in the Maelstrom.
They permit trolling with angels, or phantoms, or the natural minnow.