1
- a kippered fish, especially a herring熏鱼, （尤指）熏鲱鱼。
1.1
- Austral. informal, derogatory an English person〈澳, 非正式, 贬〉英国人。
- ORIGIN: from the popular association of a liking for kippers with the English.
2
- a male salmon in the spawning season产卵期的雄鲑鱼。
with obj.［usu. as adj. kippered］
- cure (a herring or other fish) by splitting it open and salting and drying it in the open air or in smoke熏制（鲱鱼或其他鱼）。
词源
Old English cypera (in sense 2), of Germanic origin; related to Old Saxon kupiro, perhaps also to COPPER1.