A large, partly migratory trout native to the Pacific seaboard of North America. It has been widely introduced elsewhere, both as a farmed food fish and as a sporting fish.
虹鳟，大马哈鱼
Onchorhynchus mykiss, family Salmonidae
Example sentencesExamples
Due to their relative intolerance of carbohydrate, diets for carnivorous fish like rainbow trout consist primarily of proteins and lipids.
Pike have been showing this week and anglers are reminded to return all fish other than rainbow trout.
Intensive aquaculture of rainbow trout and other salmonids is a relatively new innovation, compared to the cultivation of most other animals.
Today's anglers fishing for rainbow trout carry several boxes of fly patterns, but only use a dozen flies.
I have even heard stories of captures of the migratory form of the rainbow trout, the steelhead, having been caught from rivers in the North West of England.
Definition of rainbow trout in US English:
rainbow trout
nounˈˌreɪnboʊ ˈtraʊtˈˌrānbō ˈtrout
A large trout native to the Pacific seaboard of North America. It has been widely introduced elsewhere, both as a farmed food fish and as a sporting fish. Most rainbow trout remain in streams, but some migrate to lakes and some to the sea.
虹鳟，大马哈鱼
Salmo gairdneri, family Salmonidae
Example sentencesExamples
Intensive aquaculture of rainbow trout and other salmonids is a relatively new innovation, compared to the cultivation of most other animals.
Pike have been showing this week and anglers are reminded to return all fish other than rainbow trout.
I have even heard stories of captures of the migratory form of the rainbow trout, the steelhead, having been caught from rivers in the North West of England.
Today's anglers fishing for rainbow trout carry several boxes of fly patterns, but only use a dozen flies.
Due to their relative intolerance of carbohydrate, diets for carnivorous fish like rainbow trout consist primarily of proteins and lipids.