這個拼法是2個不同的字· 2 words spelled “dory”
- 1dory · small fishing boat平底小漁船One picture for this dory: a plain wooden boat with nothing in it but two oars and a bench.
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dory · small fishing boat
nounOne picture for this dory: a plain wooden boat with nothing in it but two oars and a bench. The bottom is flat, so it sits steady in shallow water and can be dragged straight up onto sand without any harbour at all. The ends narrow to a point so it can push through . It is light, so a bigger fishing ship can carry several on deck and drop them over the side when it reaches the fishing ground. Everything about the shape is answering one question: how do you get one person, a few nets and a day's catch on and off the water in the simplest way possible?
From the word’s history
Wiktionary records this word in American English from 1709, with an uncertain origin, possibly from an indigenous language of the West Indies or Central America, perhaps Miskito.
維基詞典記錄這個字最早在 1709 年的美式英語裡出現，來源不確定，可能來自西印度群島或中美洲的原住民語言，或許是 Miskito 語。
Wiktionary, "dory" (etymology 1)
dory · sea fish (and its meat)
nounThis dory starts from a colour. The old French word behind it means gilded, covered in gold, and the fish it names catches the light that way. Hold the picture of the animal and the food together: a tall thin fish with enormous eyes and a skin that shines, and then the flat white piece of it on a plate. That is why the word counts two ways. One dory, two dories when you mean the creature on the ice at the market; no a at all when you mean the meat on the menu.
From the word’s history
Wiktionary traces it from Middle English dorry, from Old French doree, the past participle of dorer, to gild, from Latin deauratus, and notes the fish's golden skin as a likely reason for the name John Dory.
維基詞典把它追到中古英文 dorry，再到古法文 doree，也就是 dorer（鍍金）的過去分詞，源頭是拉丁文 deauratus。資料也提到這種魚金色的魚皮可能就是 John Dory 這個名字的由來。
Wiktionary, "dory" (etymology 2)