A dogfish is a kind of small shark, not a fish that is a dog, and not usually the big movie sharks people picture. Several related sharks get this name; they are often grey-brown, stay near the bottom or the coast, and are much smaller than the famous hunters.

A dogfish is a kind of small sharkdogfish是一種小型鯊魚，not a fish that is a dog不是一種是狗的魚，and not usually the big movie sharks people picture通常也不是大家腦中電影裡那種大鯊魚。Several related sharks get this name好幾種相關的鯊魚都用這個名字，they are often grey-brown牠們通常是灰棕色，stay near the bottom or the coast待在海底或海岸附近，and are much smaller than the famous hunters比那些出名的獵食者小得多。

English named them dog + fish, and a lot of other languages made the same picture — “dog of the sea,” “sea-dog,” “little dog” — probably because of the snout, the way they hunt, or an old habit of calling some sea animals after dogs.

English named them dog + fish英語把牠們叫做dog+fish，and a lot of other languages made the same picture — "dog of the sea," "sea-dog," "little dog"很多其他語言也做出同樣的聯想——「海裡的狗」、「海狗」、「小狗」，probably because of the snout, the way they hunt, or an old habit of calling some sea animals after dogs可能是因為牠們的口鼻部、獵食的方式，或是一種把某些海洋動物叫成狗的舊習慣。

In shops the meat has sometimes been sold under a nicer name, so a diner might eat dogfish without seeing the word shark. Informal everyday English for the animal; a bit specialist if you are naming the exact kind.

In shops the meat has sometimes been sold under a nicer name在店裡，這種肉有時候會用一個比較好聽的名字賣，so a diner might eat dogfish without seeing the word shark所以吃的人可能吃了dogfish，卻沒看到shark這個字。Informal everyday English for the animal對這種動物來說這是日常口語用字，a bit specialist if you are naming the exact kind但如果要講出確切種類，就比較專業一點。