a small freshwater Eurasian fish of the carp family, which typically forms large shoals (鱼岁),真(鱼岁)
Phoxinus phoxinus, family Cyprinidae 拉丁名Phoxinus phoxinus,鲤科 ■used in names of similar small freshwater fishes, e.g. mudminnow, topminnow [用于类似小淡水鱼名,如mudminnow, topminnow] ■(Fishing)an artificial lure imitating a minnow (渔)仿米诺鱼诱饵 ■a person or organization of relatively small size, power, or influence 微不足道的人(或组织)
语源
late Middle English: probably related to Dutch meun and German Münne, influenced by Anglo-Norman French menu 'small, minnow'