flatfish

/ˈflætfɪʃ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈflætfɪʃ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈflat-ˌfish/ (ame, mw)

flatfish — noun

  • flatfishsingular
  • flatfishesplural

1. a fish from the sea with a wide, very thin body that lives close to the seabed a

1.名詞C1
釋義

a fish from the sea with a wide, very thin body that lives close to the seabed and, as an adult, ends up with its two eyes together on the side facing upward

例句

Kofi saw a flatfish lying still on the sandy sea floor.

flatfish on the sea floor

At the aquarium, Paloma watched a flatfish bury itself in sand.

bury itself in sand

同義詞
  • flounder

    often used for particular kinds of flatfish, especially in everyday speech

  • sole

    a narrower label for a smaller food fish within the flatfish group

  • halibut

    a much larger kind of flatfish, not a general label

用法筆記

Often used as a group term for species such as sole, plaice, and flounder. In everyday English, speakers often name the exact species when they know it.