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Picture a large, powerful sea fish that swims fast in the open ocean — and then picture what most people actually meet: the pink flakes in a can or on a plate. English uses one word for the animal and for the food it becomes.

可以想成:一條在大洋裡快速游動的大型海魚——然後再想想大多數人真正遇到它的樣子:罐頭裡或盤子上那些粉粉的魚肉。英文用更多收起可以想成:一條在大洋裡快速游動的大型海魚——然後再想想大多數人真正遇到它的樣子:罐頭裡或盤子上那些粉粉的魚肉。英文用同一個字指這種魚和牠變成的食物。

From the picture

端上桌的鮪魚肉

從活的魚指向吃的肉:英文的動物名和肉名常常是同一個字(像 chicken、salmon),跟 pig/pork 那種分家的情況不同。

tuna (meat) · noun · B1

the meat from a tuna, often sold cooked in a can; also called tuna fish.

鮪魚(肉);鮪魚罐頭

Also in this word

tuna (fish) · noun · B1

a large sea fish that people catch for food.

鮪魚

原始詞典資料7 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。

Tunaname詞源 1/ˈtjuː.nə/

  • 1

    Various towns and (historical) former settlements in Sweden.

Tunaname詞源 2/ˈtjuː.nə/

  • 1

    A god, considered the son of Manga-wai-roa and source of eels.

    • Tuna was carried down by the flood; and when Maui saw him in the net he stretched forth his arm and with a blow of his stone axe smote Tuna and cut off his head, and it and the tail fell into the ocean. [...] The head became fish, and the tail became the koiro (ngoiro—conger-eel).

tunanoun詞源 1/ˈtjuː.nə/

  • 1

    Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.

    • Tuna was carried down by the flood; and when Maui saw him in the net he stretched forth his arm and with a blow of his stone axe smote Tuna and cut off his head, and it and the tail fell into the ocean. ... The head became fish, and the tail became the koiro (ngoiro—conger-eel).
  • 2

    The edible flesh of the tuna.

tunanoun詞源 2/ˈtjuː.nə/

  • 1

    The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia.

  • 2

    The fruit of the cactus.

    • THE TUNA OR PRICKLY PEAR AS A FOOD FOR MAN

tunanoun詞源 3/ˈtjuː.nə/

  • 1

    slangSomeone who is seen as socially successful despite not being a gang member.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。