minnow是什么意思？

minnow

英[ˈmɪnəʊ] 美[ˈmɪnoʊ]

• n. 米诺鱼（鲤科淡水小鱼），（用作鱼饵的）小鱼，诱饵鱼；

复数：minnows;

例句

• To throw out a minnow to catch a whale. 抛砖引玉(抛小鱼想捉鲸鱼).
• Their total catch was one minnow. 他们的全部所获是一条小鱼。
• Throw out a minnow to catch a whale. 弃小引大.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  鲦鱼，米诺鱼(一种极小的淡水鱼)
  A minnow is a very small fish that lives in lakes and rivers.

英汉词典释义

• n.
  米诺鱼(鲤科淡水小鱼)
  Throw out a minnow to catch a whale. 弃小引大。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams