pomfret
/pom-frit, puhm-/US // ˈpɒm frɪt, ˈpʌm- //UK // (ˈpʌmfrɪt, ˈpɒm-) //
鲳鱼,金鲳鱼,银鲳,银鲳鱼
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural pom·fret, pom·frets.
- : any of several scombroid fishes of the family Bramidae, found in the North Atlantic and Pacific.
- : any of several East Indian stromateid fishes, especially Stromateoides argenteus, valued as food.
Examples
Therein of course lies the cleverness of the book; it is full of atmosphere, and the atmosphere is full of dust, Pomfret dust.
At Pomfret and West Point he owed to his drawing whatever distinction he had attained.
I'll speak to Pomfret about having a room ready in the East Wing for him.
Montagu lay motionless at Pomfret as the little army marched by him to the south.
I sent 'Pomfret'—and Shelley is returned, and the letters, in the same parcel—but my letter goes by the post as you see.
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