fingerling
/ˈfiŋ-gər-liŋ/ (ame, mw)
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。
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。
- 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。
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。
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 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.