goujon

goujon — 名詞

1. a large freshwater fish with a broad, flat head and a lower jaw that sticks out

1.名詞
釋義

平頭鮰

北美大型鯰魚，頭部扁平

a large freshwater fish with a broad, flat head and a lower jaw that sticks out beyond the upper jaw, found in rivers and lakes across central and southern parts of the United States

例句

Lakan caught a large goujon near the mouth of the Missouri River last summer.

Lakan 去年夏天在密蘇里河河口附近捕到一條大平頭鮰。

The biologist Maeve measured every goujon that the team pulled from the Kansas River.

生物學家 Maeve 測量了團隊從堪薩斯河撈起的每一條平頭鮰。

countable noun: a goujon / every goujon

同義詞
  • flathead catfish

    the standard common name used in biology and fishing guides

  • mudcat

    a very informal, folksy name common in the southern US

  • shovelhead catfish

    a regional nickname referring to the broad, flat head shape

  • yellow cat

    a nickname based on the yellowish-brown coloration of many adults

文法句型

a goujon

plural: goujon or goujons

用法筆記

This word is uncommon in everyday conversation; speakers in the United States are far more likely to say "flathead catfish" or "mudcat."

常見錯誤

❌I caught a big goujon in the pond near my house.' (European readers may think of the unrelated small fish called gudgeon.)
✅I caught a big flathead catfish in the pond near my house.
💡"Goujon" is regional and specific to North America; outside the US it refers to a different, much smaller fish.