Word · Frequency #25386
swordfish
箭鱼肉
the flesh of a swordfish, usually served as steaks
指作为食物的鱼肉，而非鱼本身。
- 1.
A large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius.
大型海鱼,具长而尖的剑状吻,即剑鱼。
- 2.
flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks
通常切成牛排的剑鱼肉
- 3.
A sudoku technique involving possible cell locations for a digit, or pair, or triple, in uniquely three rows and three columns only. This allows for the elimination of candidates around the grid.
一种数独技巧,某数字、数对或数组仅在特定三行三列中出现,从而可以排除其他候选数。
- 4.
large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw; not completely cold-blooded i.e. they are able to warm their brains and eyes: worldwide in warm waters but feed on cold ocean floor coming to surface at night
大型无齿海洋食用鱼,具有剑状上颌；不完全是冷血动物,能加热大脑和眼睛:分布于温暖水域,夜间到海面觅食
大型海鱼,具长而尖的剑状吻,即剑鱼。；通常切成牛排的剑鱼肉；一种数独技巧,某数字、数对或数组仅在特定三行三列中出现,从而可以排除其他候选数。；大型无齿海洋食用鱼,具有剑状上颌；不完全是冷血动物,能加热大脑和眼睛:分布于温暖水域,夜间到海面觅食；箭鱼
In use
The restaurant's special tonight is swordfish with lemon butter.
She sliced the swordfish into thick steaks before grilling it.
We bought two pounds of swordfish at the market.
a/an + swordfish
swordfish 表示整条鱼时是可数名词，单数前需用 a/an。
I saw a swordfish.
我看到一条箭鱼。
there be + swordfishes
swordfishes 是规范复数形式，在 there be 句型中谓语用 are。
There are swordfishes in the sea.
海里有箭鱼。
some + swordfish
swordfish 指鱼肉时是不可数名词，不加 a/an，可用 some 表示数量。
Would you like some swordfish?
Connections
Collocations
- swordfish steak
- 箭鱼排
- I ordered a swordfish steak for the main course.我主菜点了箭鱼排。
- grilled swordfish
- 烤箭鱼
- We ordered grilled swordfish with lemon butter.我们点了配柠檬黄油的烤箭鱼。
- fresh swordfish
- 新鲜箭鱼
- You should buy fresh swordfish from the fish market.你应该去鱼市买新鲜箭鱼。
- smoked swordfish
- 烟熏箭鱼
- Smoked swordfish makes a delicious appetizer.烟熏箭鱼是一道美味的开胃菜。
- seared swordfish
- 香煎箭鱼
- The seared swordfish was seasoned with black pepper.香煎箭鱼用黑胡椒调味。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
剑鱼（swordfish）的吻部又尖又长，像一把剑（sword），所以名字里藏着sword。想象它用剑形长嘴在海里冲刺。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：menu、recipe、seafood restaurant 在餐饮和烹饪语境中，swordfish 通常指箭鱼肉，多用于菜单、食谱等场合，语气自然、中性。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine rhymes (same final /ɪʃ/ as the fish part of swordfish): fish, dish, wish, squish. Beware lookalikes: sword and word share the spelling 'word' but are pronounced differently — sword is /sɔrd/ with a silent w, and word is /wɝd/; neither rhymes with /ɪʃ/.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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