n. a common small sea-fish鯡魚，青魚。
△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?dú)⑺浪?，比殺死一條青魚還要容易。(或：讓他死得比一條青魚更要僵硬。英國諺語有“死得像鯡魚一樣僵硬”，Caius再加以發(fā)揮。)
herring鯡(Clupea harengus)
鯡形目鯡科食用魚。主要分布在北大西洋和北海的寒冷水域。身體細(xì)長，藍(lán)、綠色，泛出銀光。長40厘米，以浮游生物為食。有若干種。歐洲捕鯡歷史悠久。濫捕和污染已使鯡類產(chǎn)量大幅度下降。
herring[?heri?]
(pl. herring,herrings) n.鯡魚
◇be packed as close as herrings擠得水泄不通
‖ herringbone n.人字形adj.人字形的