eel
/iːl/noun
1- a snake-like fish with a slender elongated body and poorly developed fins, proverbial for its slipperiness鳗, 鳗鲡。
1.1
- Order Anguilliformes: many families, in particular Anguillidae, which comprises mainly freshwater eels that breed in the sea, including the common Anguilla anguilla of Europe and A. rostrata of America.鳗鲡目：多科, 尤指鳗鲡科, 该科主要包括在海中繁殖的淡水鳗, 如欧洲鳗鲡和美洲的具喙鳗鲡。
1.2
- used in names of unrelated fishes that resemble the true eels, e.g. electric eel, moray eel.［用于鳗状鱼的名字中, 如electric eel, moray eel］。
派生词
eel-like
adjectiveeely
adjective词源
Old Englishǣl, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch aal and German Aal.