halibut

• n. [魚] 大比目魚（復數(shù)halibut）

hal-,神圣的，butt,比目魚，詞源同beat,擊，打，比喻用法打成扁平狀的。因這種魚常在宗教節(jié)日吃而得名。

halibut

halibut: see turbot

halibut (n.)

large flatfish, early 15c., perhaps from hali "holy" (see holy) + butte "flatfish;" supposedly so called from its being eaten on holy days (compare cognate Dutch heilbot, Low German heilbutt, Swedish helgeflundra, Danish helleflynder). For second element see butt (n.4).

1. "I'm for halibut."

“要吃什么？”保羅說?！拔乙源蟊饶眶~?！?/dd>

來自柯林斯例句

2. This year the halibut season is 258 days long.

今年的大比目魚季長達258天。

來自辭典例句

3. How do you find a good halibut around here?

你在這里是怎么找到一條很好的大比目魚的?

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4. Today we have very good halibut steaks and prawns.

今天我們有很好的比目排和對蝦.

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5. Ha! Missed again, you hammerhead halibut. Here boy, here, go get it.

哈! 又錯過了, 你這只錘子頭的大比目魚. 這里,小子, 這里, 抓住它.

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