herring: [OE] Just as the hare is probably the ‘grey animal’, so the herring could well be the ‘grey fish’. Old English hǣring goes back to a prehistoric West Germanic *khēringgaz, in which the first syllable could represent the ancestor of English hoar ‘silvery-grey’ – the colour of the herring. French hareng comes from a variant of the West Germanic word. => hare, hoar
herring (n.)
Old English hering (Anglian), hæring (West Saxon), from West Germanic *heringgaz (cognates: Old Frisian hereng, Middle Dutch herinc, German Hering), of unknown origin, perhaps related to or influenced in form by Old English har "gray, hoar," from the color, or to Old High German heri "host, multitude" from its large schools.
French hareng, Italian aringa are from Germanic. The Battle of the Herrings (French bataille des harengs) is the popular name for the battle at Rouvrai, Feb. 12, 1492, fought in defense of a convoy of provisions, mostly herrings and other "lenten stuffe."
实用例句
1. The young of some kinds of herring are canned as sardines.
有些种类的鲱鱼幼鱼可制成罐头.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. Smoked herring is a local delicacy.
烟熏鲱鱼是当地一种美味食品.
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3. Thousands of herring and crab are washed up on the beaches during every storm.
每次暴风雨过后海滩上都会留下数不尽的鲱鱼和螃蟹。
来自柯林斯例句
4. As Dr Smith left he said that the inquiry was something of a red herring.
史密斯博士离开时说这次调查只是为掩人耳目。
来自柯林斯例句
5. The warden took us to a vantage point on the slopes where we saw herring gulls on the rocks below.
