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单词 porgy
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Definition of porgy in English:

porgy

nounPlural porgies ˈpɔːɡiˈpɔrɡi
  • A deep-bodied fish related to the sea breams, which is typically silvery but sometimes changes to a blotched pattern. It usually lives in warm coastal waters.

    真鲷

    Calamus and other genera, family Sparidae: many species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are a variety of other edible pan fish that may show up, such as grunts and porgies.
    • While deciding, we stared into the eyes of a striped bass, sea bass, porgy and red snapper.
    • You can fish undisturbed for bass and porgies at Menemsha Beach on the North Shore.
    • The porgy is a fine fish with firm and flaky flesh.
    • Mixed schools of porgy and tang hovered over the wreck, and blue chromis, almost too small to spot easily, sought protection from predators within its crusty surface.
    • The dorades (which I have found are the equivalent of sea bream, of the porgy family) were on sale, and I bought two for a grand total of 7 euros.
    • I ate a porgy for the first time on Wednesday, an odd little tropical fish that is well known and loved by gourmands in this part of the world.
    • A tall, firm-flaked hunk of red porgy (‘pagro’ in Italian) arrives with a crisp, silvery skin and a brilliant little swish of sauce livened with a few briny olives and a couple of big caperberries, more succulent and subtle than tiny capers.
    • However, it makes a good home for numerous pufferfish, porgies and sweetlips, and surgeonfish shoal in the open water nearby.
    • A thousand porgies are engulfed by a larger glittering and heaving mass of anchovies, constantly grouping and regrouping in a nervous silvery curtain - in the hope of staying alive.
    • Assorted porgies cluster in decorative groups.

Origin

Mid 17th century: alteration of Spanish and Portuguese pargo.

Rhymes

corgi

Definition of porgy in US English:

porgy

nounˈpôrɡēˈpɔrɡi
  • A deep-bodied fish related to the sea breams, typically silvery but sometimes changing to a blotched pattern. It usually lives in warm coastal waters.

    真鲷

    Calamus and other genera, family Sparidae: many species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mixed schools of porgy and tang hovered over the wreck, and blue chromis, almost too small to spot easily, sought protection from predators within its crusty surface.
    • A thousand porgies are engulfed by a larger glittering and heaving mass of anchovies, constantly grouping and regrouping in a nervous silvery curtain - in the hope of staying alive.
    • You can fish undisturbed for bass and porgies at Menemsha Beach on the North Shore.
    • The porgy is a fine fish with firm and flaky flesh.
    • However, it makes a good home for numerous pufferfish, porgies and sweetlips, and surgeonfish shoal in the open water nearby.
    • There are a variety of other edible pan fish that may show up, such as grunts and porgies.
    • While deciding, we stared into the eyes of a striped bass, sea bass, porgy and red snapper.
    • I ate a porgy for the first time on Wednesday, an odd little tropical fish that is well known and loved by gourmands in this part of the world.
    • Assorted porgies cluster in decorative groups.
    • The dorades (which I have found are the equivalent of sea bream, of the porgy family) were on sale, and I bought two for a grand total of 7 euros.
    • A tall, firm-flaked hunk of red porgy (‘pagro’ in Italian) arrives with a crisp, silvery skin and a brilliant little swish of sauce livened with a few briny olives and a couple of big caperberries, more succulent and subtle than tiny capers.

Origin

Mid 17th century: alteration of Spanish and Portuguese pargo.

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