| 单词 |
molebut |
| 释义 |
ˈmolebut Obs. rare. Forms: 6–7 molebout; in Dicts. 7 moleboute, -baut, -but(t, erron. -pout, 8 -bat. [a. F. molebout. Said by Rondelet (De Pisc. Mar. 1554) to be a compound of the Provençal (Marseilles) name mole (which he says is from the L. mola, millstone, with allusion to the shape of the fish) and the Spanish synonym bout. Cf. mola1 2 and mole n.6; with the second element, which cannot be Sp. or even Cat., cf. OF. (12th c.) tourbout turbot, and butt n.1] The sun-fish, Orthagoriscus mola; = mole n.6 1.
1598Florio, Bota, a fish that grunteth called a Molebout. 1601Holland Pliny II. 429 The greatest of all other fishes is the Mole-bout. 1659Torriano, Bóta, a..Mole-pout. 1668Charleton Onomasticon 129 Mola..the Molebut. 1672J. Josselyn New Eng. Rarities 29 Porpuise or Porpiss, Molebut, Sea Hog, Sus Marinus, Tursion. 1678Phillips (ed. 4), Mole-butt. See Porpus. 1736Ainsworth Lat. Dict., A molebat (fish) Orthragoriscus. |
英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。
相关内容11:
相关热词搜索:molebut英英词典英英释义英语词汇意思用法释义英语