(常作gills)
1
- the paired respiratory organ of fishes and some amphibians, by which oxygen is extracted from water flowing over surfaces within or attached to the walls of the pharynx鳃(鱼和一些两栖动物的呼吸器官)。
1.1
- an organ of similar function in an invertebrate animal(无脊椎动物)鳃状呼吸器官。
2
- the vertical plates arranged radially on the underside of mushrooms and many toadstools(蘑菇和多种伞菌的)菌褶。
3
- the wattles or dewlap of a fowl(家禽)下腭垂肉。
3.1
gills
the flesh below a person's jaws and ears腮下肉:we stuffed ourselves to the gills with scrambled eggs on toast.
摊鸡蛋加吐司吃得我们腮帮子鼓鼓的。
短语
green about(或around或at)the gills
- (of a person) sickly-looking(人)满脸病容的, 病恹恹的。
派生词
gilled
adjective六鳃鲨鱼。
词源
Middle English: from Old Norse.
- a unit of liquid measure, equal to a quarter of a pint吉耳(液量单位, 等于1/4品脱)。
词源
Middle English: from Old French gille 'measure or container for wine', from late Latin gillo 'water pot'.
(亦作ghyll)
词源
Middle English: from Old Norse gil 'deep glen'. The spelling ghyll was introduced by Wordsworth.