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Think of a big fish from the cold North Atlantic, caught by the boatload and turned into one of the most ordinary foods on the table — fish and chips, fish fingers, a white fillet on a plate. Note that this also holds a second, unrelated entry: an adjective meaning 'fake, done as an obvious imitation'.
可以想成北大西洋冷水裡那種大型的魚，一船一船地捕上來，最後變成餐桌上最平常的食物之一——炸魚薯條、魚柳條、盤子上那塊…更多收起
可以想成北大西洋冷水裡那種大型的魚，一船一船地捕上來，最後變成餐桌上最平常的食物之一——炸魚薯條、魚柳條、盤子上那塊白色魚排。要注意的是，其實有兩個字：一個是這條魚（以及牠的肉），另一個是完全另一個形容詞 cod「假的、故意學得很明顯的」。兩者只是拼法相同，意思上不必硬接在一起。原始詞典資料25 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
codnoun詞源 1/kɒd/
- 1
Any of various types of sea fish or the meat from said fish.
- 2
Any of various types of sea fish or the meat from said fish.
- 3
Any of various types of sea fish or the meat from said fish.
- 4
informalAny of various types of sea fish or the meat from said fish.
- 5
informalAny of various types of sea fish or the meat from said fish.
codnoun詞源 2/kɒd/
- 1
obsoleteA small bag or pouch.
- There is a Cod, or Bag, that groweth commonly in the Fields;
- The Bunt is to a Sail,[The Bunt of a Sail.] as the Cod to a Net, being the very Pouch, or Bag of the Sail; and therefore all Sails have this Bunt,
- 2
obsoleteA husk or integument; a pod.
- And he wolde fayne have filled his bely with the coddes, that the swyne ate: and noo man gave hym.
- and I remember the wooing of a peascod instead of her, from whom I tooke two cods, and giuing her them againe, said with weeping teares, weare these for my sake: wee that are true Louers, runne into strange capers; but as all is mortall in nature, so is all nature in loue, mortall in folly.
- 3
The cocoon of a silkworm.
- As soon as it is arrived at the size and strength necessary for the beginning its cod, it makes its web; this is his first day's employment; on the second he forms his cod, and covers himself almost over with silk; the third day he is quite hid; and the following days employs himself in thickening and strengthening his cod; always working from one single end, which he never breaks himself; and which is so fine, and so long, that those who have nicely examin'd it affirm, that each cod contains silk enough to reach the length of six English miles.
- In seven days, the cods being finished, they are gathered and laid inheaps till they have time to wind off the silk: But they first set apart the cods designed for propagation, upon a hurdle in a cool airy place.
- 4
archaicThe scrotum.
- that which we call castoreum […] are not the same to be termed testicles or stones; for these cods or follicles are found in both sexes, though somewhat more protuberant in the male.
- Then let the cutter take and hold the tip of his cod in his left hand, and with a sharp knife cut the top thereof an inch long clean away.
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obsoletedialectalA pillow or cushion.
- Provost Maccalzean, with the silver keys in his hand, and the eldest bailie with the crimson-velvet cod, whereon they were to be delivered to her Majesty, following as fast as any member of a city corporation could be reasonably be expected to do.
- Item , ane long velvet cod or cusheon ;
codnoun詞源 3/kɒd/
- 1
A joke or an imitation.
- I assume it all could just be a cod.
- 2
A stupid or foolish person.
- He's making a right cod of himself.
codadj詞源 3/kɒd/
- 1
Having the character of imitation; jocular.
- cod psychology
- “Illegitimi non carborundum” is a well-known example of cod Latin.
- 2
Bad.
- Sandy: Right, right, well I'll just open the wardrobe. Oh, here, look—his wardrobe. Ha! Julian: Ha! Oh what a naff lot! Sandy: It is a bit cod isn't it.
- Will you take a varder at the cartz on the feely-omi in the naf strides: the one with the bona blue ogles polarying the omi-palone with a vogue on and a cod sheitel.
codverb詞源 3/kɒd/
- 1
dialectalslangTo attempt to deceive or confuse; to kid.
- "How are you, Mary?" "I thought your friend Mac was codding me that you would come."
- 2
slangTo joke; to kid.
- I'm only codding!
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。