gar
gar — 感嘆詞
1. People say 'Gar!' when they feel suddenly frustrated, annoyed, or want to make a
哼！
表達憤怒或加強語氣的感嘆詞
People say 'Gar!' when they feel suddenly frustrated, annoyed, or want to make a statement sound more forceful.
Gar! I have locked my keys inside the hire car at Edinburgh Airport!
哼！我把鑰匙鎖在愛丁堡機場的租車裡了！
informal interjection expressing sudden frustration
Kofi muttered 'Gar!' under his breath when the computer screen went blank.
電腦螢幕一黑，Kofi 低聲罵了一聲「哼！」。
"Gar! That is the third phone call from the same salesperson today," Ana said with a sigh.
「哼！這已經是今天同一個推銷員打來的第三通電話了，」Ana 嘆了口氣說。
Gar! Who left the back door open all night? Now the kitchen floor is crawling with ants.
哼！誰把後門整晚開著沒關？現在廚房地板上爬滿了螞蟻。
用法筆記
This exclamation is very informal and appears mostly in speech, comic strips, or casual online writing. It is not used in formal letters, academic writing, or professional conversations.
常見錯誤
gar — 名詞
1. A gar is a fish with a very long, thin body and a long, pointed mouth that is fu
長嘴魚
身體細長、嘴部狹長如針的魚類
A gar is a fish with a very long, thin body and a long, pointed mouth that is full of sharp teeth. Gars live in rivers, lakes, and coastal waters in many parts of the world.
Evelyn watched a metre-long gar glide through the clear water of Lake Austin.
Evelyn 看著一條一公尺長的長嘴魚在奧斯汀湖清澈的湖水裡游過。
descriptive context: appearance and habitat
Paul caught a small gar near the dock and noticed its long, tooth-filled jaw before releasing it.
Paul 在碼頭附近釣到一條小長嘴魚，注意到牠長滿細牙的下顎，然後把牠放生了。
collocation: long, tooth-filled jaw
Walid opened the gar's jaw to examine its rows of needle-like teeth.
Walid 掰開長嘴魚的嘴巴，檢查牠一排排像針一樣的細牙。
Ada watched a long-nosed gar push through the reeds near the lake shore.
Ada 看著一條長嘴魚在湖岸邊的蘆葦叢中穿梭。
Minho pointed at the gar swimming near the surface and asked if it was related to the pike.
Minho 指著水面附近游動的長嘴魚，問牠和梭子魚有沒有親戚關係。
- garfish
a common alternative name for the same group of fish; used interchangeably in most contexts
- needlefish
sometimes used for gar-like fish, though biologists separate needlefish into a different family
2. The North American gar is a freshwater fish with very hard, bone-like scales and
雀鱔
北美淡水魚，鱗片堅硬如骨
The North American gar is a freshwater fish with very hard, bone-like scales and a long snout that is shaped like a pair of tweezers. It lives in rivers and lakes across the southern and eastern parts of the United States and Mexico.
Aarav spotted a spotted gar while kayaking on a lake in northern Texas.
Aarav 在德克薩斯州北部划獨木舟時，看到了一條斑點雀鱔。
collocation: spotted gar (specific species)
Rodrigo measured the alligator gar he caught in the Trinity River — it was longer than his fishing rod.
Rodrigo 量了他在三一河釣到的鱷雀鱔——這條魚比他的釣竿還長。
collocation: alligator gar
Walid read that gar scales were so hard that Native Americans once used them as arrowheads.
Walid 讀到雀鱔的鱗片非常堅硬，美洲原住民曾用它來做箭頭。
Tara released the young gar back into the river after photographing its spotted, diamond-shaped scales.
Tara 拍了那條小雀鱔身上帶斑點的菱形鱗片之後，把牠放回河裡。
The guide spotted a gar in the shallow water and pointed out its diamond-shaped scales.
導遊在淺水區看到一條雀鱔，指著牠菱形的鱗片給遊客看。
- gar pike
another name for the North American gar, especially in older writings
- alligator gar
refers specifically to the largest species of North American gar, with a wide, alligator-like snout
常見錯誤
3. The European gar, also called the needlefish, is a thin, silver fish that hunts
頜針魚
歐洲沿海的細長嘴魚
The European gar, also called the needlefish, is a thin, silver fish that hunts near the surface of warm coastal waters. Its jaw is very long and narrow, and it is filled with tiny, sharp teeth.
Noa saw a school of needlefish leap above the surface of the Adriatic Sea near the beach.
Noa 在亞得里亞海海灘附近看到一群頜針魚跳出水面。
habitat: warm coastal waters
Local fishermen near the port of Valencia often pull up European gar in their nets by accident.
西班牙瓦倫西亞港附近的漁民常常不小心把歐洲頜針魚撈進網裡。
collocation: European gar / coastal fishing
Anya spotted a needlefish leap out of the water near her boat off the coast of Corsica.
Anya 在科西嘉島外海看到一條頜針魚從她的小船附近躍出水面。
Sirin watched a silvery gar dart across the surface of the harbour, chasing tiny baitfish.
Sirin 看著一條銀光閃閃的頜針魚從港灣水面掠過，追逐小魚群。
- needlefish
the more common English name for this fish; 'gar' is used less frequently outside scientific contexts
- sea needle
a less common alternative name, used mainly by European fishermen