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tunny的意思

tunny

英 ['tn] 美 ['tni]
  • n. 金枪鱼

tunny

中文词源


tunny 金枪鱼

来自拉丁语 thunnus,金枪鱼,词源同 tuna.

英文词源


tunny (n.)
large sea-fish of the mackerel order, 1520s, probably from Middle French thon (14c.), from Old Provenal ton and directly from Latin thunnus "a tuna, tunny," from Greek thynnos "a tuna, tunny," possibly with a literal sense of "darter," from thynein "dart along."