herring

n. a common small sea-fish鲱鱼，青鱼。
△Wiv.2.3.12: “de herring is no dead so as I vill kill him.”i.e.I will kill him deader than a herring. (fr. the pro-verb “as dead as a herring”.)我要杀死他，比杀死一条青鱼还要容易。(或：让他死得比一条青鱼更要僵硬。英国谚语有“死得像鲱鱼一样僵硬”，Caius再加以发挥。)

herring鲱(Clupea harengus)

鲱形目鲱科食用鱼。主要分布在北大西洋和北海的寒冷水域。身体细长，蓝、绿色，泛出银光。长40厘米，以浮游生物为食。有若干种。欧洲捕鲱历史悠久。滥捕和污染已使鲱类产量大幅度下降。

herring[ˈheriŋ]

(pl. herring,herrings) n.鲱鱼
◇be packed as close as herrings挤得水泄不通
‖ herringbone n.人字形adj.人字形的