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tunny

/tuhn-ee/US // ˈtʌn i //UK // (ˈtʌnɪ) //

鲔鱼,鲔鲔

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural tun·ny, tun·nies.Chiefly British.

    • : tuna.

Examples

  • Shoals of tunny-fish, (fish four and five feet long, and belonging to the dolphin tribe,) were seen tumbling about the ship.

  • His first idea is to seek wealth, so he builds a great boat and captures twelve hundred tunny fish.

  • You may pay twopence-halfpenny a pound for it, and charge me half-a-crown, if you like, but I mean to taste that tunny!

  • I beg your pardon, you were describing how you caught a tunny?

  • Tunny and other fish were plentiful in the sea, and the rivers afforded large eels.