squid

squid
(复同单,或 squids)
  1. an elongated, fast-swimming cephalopod mollusc with eight arms and two long tentacles, typically able to change colour
    枪乌贼,柔鱼,鱿鱼。 参见 giant squid
  2. Order Teuthoidea and Vampyromorpha, class Cephalopoda, in particular the common genus Loligo
    枪形目和幽灵鞘目,头足纲,尤指普通的枪乌贼属。参见 giant squid
    ■[mass noun]this mollusc used as food
    (食用的)枪乌贼,柔鱼,鱿鱼
    ■an artificial bait for fish imitating a squid in form
    乌贼状人造鱼饵
(squidded, squidding)
  1. [no obj.]fish using squid as bait
    用枪乌贼作饵捕鱼
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: of unknown origin
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