mackerel

名词 mackerel:

1. flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish
2. any of various fishes of the family Scombridae

1. Holy mackerel! What a way to run all army!
   好家伙，这是什么指挥部队的方式呀！
2. He sent her a box of her favourite chocolates. It was a sprat to catch a mackerel, and he waited eagerly for her reply.
   他送给她一盒她最喜欢吃的巧克力，这是想吃小亏占大便宜，现在他正迫切地等待着她的反应。
3. Every week I invest a pound on the football pools. It's a sprat to catch a mackerel because one day I could win a million.
   每星期我花一英镑赌足球普尔，这完全是一种小小冒险以求大利的行动，因为可能有一天我会赢100万。

mack.er.el

n.（名词）
【复数】 mackerel 或 mack.er.els
Any of several widely distributed marine fishes of the family Scombridae, especially the Atlantic mackerel(Scomber scombrus), an important food fish having dark, wavy bars on the back and a silvery belly.
鲭鱼：分布很广的几种属于鲭鱼科的海鱼之中任一种，特别是（鲭 鲭属）， 的大西洋鲭鱼，是一种重要的食用鱼，背部有黑色波浪状条纹，腹部为银色
Any of the smaller fishes of the suborder Scombroidea, such as the Spanish mackerel.
马鲛：鲭亚目的体积较小的鱼的任一种，如马鲛
Any of various similar fishes.
其它许多类似的鱼的任一种

来源：
Middle English makerel
中古英语 makerel
from Old French maquerel
源自 古法语 maquerel