A barracuda is a long, fast fish of warm seas. It has a pointed face and many sharp teeth, and it hunts other fish.

A barracuda barracuda（梭子魚） is a long, fast fish of warm seas是一種生活在溫暖海域、又長又快的魚. It has它有 a pointed face and many sharp teeth尖尖的臉和許多利齒, and it hunts other fish而且會獵食其他魚類。

Divers and people who live by tropical water know it; some grow very large. In a few places people eat it, though big ones from certain waters can be unsafe.

Divers and people who live by tropical water潛水客和住在熱帶海邊的人 know it都認識牠；some grow very large有些長得很大. In a few places在少數地方 people eat it人們會吃牠, though big ones from certain waters不過某些海域的大型個體 can be unsafe可能不安全。

People also stretch the word: they call a ruthless person — someone who goes after others in business or in love — a barracuda. That use is informal and a bit dramatic.

People also stretch the word人們也會延伸這個字的用法: they call a ruthless person把一個無情的人 — someone who goes after others in business or in love在商場或感情上緊咬對手不放的人 — a barracuda叫做 barracuda. That use is informal and a bit dramatic這種用法是口語的，而且有點誇張。

Though actually, it is not a shark. It is its own kind of fish, even if the teeth make students guess shark first.

Though actually不過事實上, it is not a shark牠不是鯊魚. It is它是 its own kind of fish自己獨立的一種魚, even if the teeth make students guess shark first就算那些牙齒常讓學生第一個猜成鯊魚。

The name came into English from Latin American Spanish in the 1600s, and it may go back to a Cariban word, though that last step is not certain.

The name came into English這個字進入英文 from Latin American Spanish是在1600年代 in the 1600s從拉丁美洲西班牙語傳進來的, and it may go back to a Cariban word而且可能源自加勒比語系的一個字, though that last step is not certain不過這最後一步並不確定。