burbot
burbot — 名詞
1. a slender fish with a long body that lives on the bottom of cold rivers and lake
江鱈
產於北半球寒帶河湖的鱈科魚類
a slender fish with a long body that lives on the bottom of cold rivers and lakes across the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and North America. It belongs to the cod family and has small whisker-like growths near its mouth.
Olavi pulled a two-foot-long burbot up through a hole in the ice on Lake Inari.
Olavi 從伊納里湖的冰洞裡拉上一條兩英尺長的江鱈。
fishing context: caught through ice
The team caught several burbot in a net and recorded their length before releasing them.
研究小組用網子捕了好幾條江鱈，記錄了長度之後再把牠們放走。
plural unchanged; scientific field study
In northern markets, burbot liver is sometimes sold as a winter food.
在北方的市場裡，江鱈的肝有時被當作冬季食品販售。
- eelpout
informal alternative name; less precise scientifically
文法句型
a burbot / the burbot / burbot (plural)
用法筆記
The plural is also 'burbot' (no change). This fish is sometimes called 'eelpout' in informal speech.