shad

/shad/US // ʃæd //UK // (ʃæd) //

鲱鱼,鲥鱼,西鲱鱼,西鲱

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural shad, shads.
- : a deep-bodied herring, Alosa sapidissima, of Europe and North America, that migrates up streams to spawn, used for food.
- : any other fish of the genus Alosa or related genera.
- : any of several unrelated fishes.

Shad roe is such a fleeting seasonal delicacy, so rich and full of flavor.
I'll tell him you never tasted planked shad nor saw one cooked, and he'll just spread himself.
I don't feel now any great longing even for planked shad—such a dinner I ate!
At night we were up to Elliott's Key, and anchored by making fast to a sweep shoved into the muddy bottom like a shad-pole.
If ye think th' highest jooty iv citizenship is to raise a fam'ly why don't ye give a vote to th' shad?
"Below for us," said the Tennessee Shad, pushing his way forward.