fingerling
fingerling — 名詞
1. a baby fish in the early stage after hatching, roughly finger-sized and usually
魚苗；小魚
孵化後一歲以內的幼魚
a baby fish in the early stage after hatching, roughly finger-sized and usually under one year old, often raised at a hatchery before being released into rivers, lakes, or farm ponds.
The hatchery releases thousands of salmon fingerlings into the river each spring.
這間孵化場每年春天會把數千條鮭魚魚苗放流到河裡。
collocation: release fingerlings into [body of water]
Élise studied how water temperature affects the survival rate of trout fingerlings.
Élise 研究水溫如何影響鱒魚魚苗的存活率。
collocation: [fish type] fingerlings (salmon / trout / carp)
The pond was stocked with bass fingerlings to rebuild the fishery after the drought.
乾旱過後，這座池塘放養了鱸魚魚苗以重建漁場。
passive: be stocked with fingerlings
Asher scooped a wriggling fingerling from the bucket and showed it to his daughter.
Asher 從水桶裡撈起一條扭動的小魚，拿給女兒看。
Wei feeds the carp fingerlings tiny pellets twice a day until they grow larger.
Wei 每天餵鯉魚魚苗兩次小顆飼料，直到牠們長大為止。
typical action: feed fingerlings
- salmon / trout / carp / bass fingerlings
- release fingerlings
- stock with fingerlings
- rear fingerlings
- fry
even younger stage — just after the yolk sac is absorbed, smaller than a fingerling
- juvenile fish
broader technical term covering fingerling and slightly older fish
- smolt
specifically a young salmon ready to migrate to the sea
文法句型
a/the fingerling
fingerlings (plural)
用法筆記
Subject is usually a hatchery, fish farm, biologist, or angler — almost never a casual speaker outside aquaculture, fisheries science, or fishing communities.
常見錯誤
2. a slim, knobbly potato shaped roughly like a finger, usually about 5 to 13 centi
手指馬鈴薯
細長如手指的小型馬鈴薯品種
a slim, knobbly potato shaped roughly like a finger, usually about 5 to 13 centimetres long, prized in cooking for its waxy flesh and nutty flavour when roasted or boiled whole.
Karim roasted the fingerlings with olive oil, rosemary, and a pinch of sea salt.
Karim 用橄欖油、迷迭香和一小撮海鹽把手指馬鈴薯烤過。
typical preparation: roast fingerlings with herbs
The farmers' market had purple, yellow, and red fingerling potatoes on display.
農夫市集上擺著紫色、黃色和紅色的手指馬鈴薯。
collocation: fingerling potatoes (noun + noun)
Christopher boiled a handful of fingerlings whole and served them next to the grilled fish.
Christopher 把一把手指馬鈴薯整顆水煮，配著烤魚一起端上桌。
typical preparation: boil fingerlings whole
Wren chose fingerlings for the salad because they hold their shape after cooking.
Wren 選了手指馬鈴薯做沙拉，因為它們煮過後還能保持形狀。
key property: hold their shape after cooking
Nala dug up a row of fingerling potatoes from the garden bed yesterday afternoon.
Nala 昨天下午從菜圃裡挖出了一排手指馬鈴薯。
- fingerling potatoes
- roast / boil / steam fingerlings
- purple / yellow / red fingerlings
- fingerling potato
the full noun phrase; common on menus and seed catalogues
- finger potato
informal alternative; less common in print
文法句型
fingerling potatoes (modifier + noun)
the fingerlings
用法筆記
Frequently appears as the modifier in 'fingerling potatoes' rather than alone. Distinguish from sense 1 (the fish): cooking context, mention of varieties, colours, or preparation methods all point to the potato reading.
常見錯誤
同根字
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- salmon fingerlings
- trout fingerlings
- carp fingerlings
- bass fingerlings
- fingerling potatoes
常用片語
- release fingerlings into the wild
- stock a pond with fingerlings
- roast fingerlings whole
介系詞搭配
- of (fingerlings of trout / salmon)
- into (release into the river)