The fisher drew in the net and found a big goldfish in it. 渔夫收了网, 发现有一条大金鱼在里面。
No one can feel as helpless as the owner of a sick goldfish. 谁也不会象病金鱼的主人般觉得那样束手无策。
He pasted picture postcard around goldfish bowl to make the goldfish think they were going place. 他在金鱼缸周围贴上了彩色风景明信片,好让金鱼们以为在游历四方。
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[ noun ] small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes <noun.animal>
Goldfish \Gold"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A small domesticated cyprinoid fish ({Carassius auratus}); -- so named from its color. It is a native of China, and is said to have been introduced into Europe in 1691. It is often kept as an ornament, in small ponds or glass globes. Many varieties are known. Called also {golden fish}, and {golden carp}. See {Telescope fish}, under {Telescope}. (b) A California marine fish of an orange or red color; the garibaldi.
King \King\, n. [AS. cyng, cyning; akin to OS. kuning, D. koning, OHG. kuning, G. k["o]nig, Icel. konungr, Sw. konung, Dan. konge; formed with a patronymic ending, and fr. the root of E. kin; cf. Icel. konr a man of noble birth. [root]44. See {Kin}.] 1. A chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme authority over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince. ``Ay, every inch a king.'' --Shak.
Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle. --Burke.
There was a State without king or nobles. --R. Choate.
But yonder comes the powerful King of Day, Rejoicing in the east --Thomson.
2. One who, or that which, holds a supreme position or rank; a chief among competitors; as, a railroad king; a money king; the king of the lobby; the king of beasts.
3. A playing card having the picture of a king[1]; as, the king of diamonds.
4. The chief piece in the game of chess.
5. A crowned man in the game of draughts.
6. pl. The title of two historical books in the Old Testament.
Note: King is often used adjectively, or in combination, to denote pre["e]minence or superiority in some particular; as, kingbird; king crow; king vulture.
{Apostolic king}. See {Apostolic}.
{King-at-arms}, or {King-of-arms}, the chief heraldic officer of a country. In England the king-at-arms was formerly of great authority. His business is to direct the heralds, preside at their chapters, and have the jurisdiction of armory. There are three principal kings-at-arms, viz., Garter, Clarencieux, and Norroy. The latter (literally north roy or north king) officiates north of the Trent.
{King auk} (Zo["o]l.), the little auk or sea dove.
{King bird of paradise}. (Zo["o]l.), See {Bird of paradise}.
{King card}, in whist, the best unplayed card of each suit; thus, if the ace and king of a suit have been played, the queen is the king card of the suit.
{King Cole}, a legendary king of Britain, who is said to have reigned in the third century.
{King conch} (Zo["o]l.), a large and handsome univalve shell ({Cassis cameo}), found in the West Indies. It is used for making cameos. See {Helmet shell}, under {Helmet}.
{King Cotton}, a popular personification of the great staple production of the southern United States.
{King crab}. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The limulus or horseshoe crab. See {Limulus}. (b) The large European spider crab or thornback ({Maia squinado}). (c) A large crab of the northern Pacific ({Paralithodes camtshatica}), especially abundant on the coasts of Alaska and Japan, and popular as a food; called also {Alaskan king crab}.
{King crow}. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A black drongo shrike ({Buchanga atra}) of India; -- so called because, while breeding, they attack and drive away hawks, crows, and other large birds. (b) The {Dicrurus macrocercus} of India, a crested bird with a long, forked tail. Its color is black, with green and blue reflections. Called also {devil bird}.
{King duck} (Zo["o]l.), a large and handsome eider duck ({Somateria spectabilis}), inhabiting the arctic regions of both continents.
{King eagle} (Zo["o]l.), an eagle ({Aquila heliaca}) found in Asia and Southeastern Europe. It is about as large as the golden eagle. Some writers believe it to be the imperial eagle of Rome.
{King hake} (Zo["o]l.), an American hake ({Phycis regius}), found in deep water along the Atlantic coast.
{King monkey} (Zo["o]l.), an African monkey ({Colobus polycomus}), inhabiting Sierra Leone.
{King mullet} (Zo["o]l.), a West Indian red mullet ({Upeneus maculatus}); -- so called on account of its great beauty. Called also {goldfish}.
{King of terrors}, death.
{King parrakeet} (Zo["o]l.), a handsome Australian parrakeet ({Platycercys scapulatus}), often kept in a cage. Its prevailing color is bright red, with the back and wings bright green, the rump blue, and tail black.
{King penguin} (Zo["o]l.), any large species of penguin of the genus {Aptenodytes}; esp., {Aptenodytes longirostris}, of the Falkland Islands and Kerguelen Land, and {Aptenodytes Patagonica}, of Patagonia.
{King rail} (Zo["o]l.), a small American rail ({Rallus elegans}), living in fresh-water marshes. The upper parts are fulvous brown, striped with black; the breast is deep cinnamon color.
{King salmon} (Zo["o]l.), the quinnat. See {Quinnat}.
{King's counsel}, or {Queen's counsel} (Eng. Law), barristers learned in the law, who have been called within the bar, and selected to be the king's or queen's counsel. They answer in some measure to the advocates of the revenue (advocati fisci) among the Romans. They can not be employed against the crown without special license. --Wharton's Law Dict.
{King's cushion}, a temporary seat made by two persons crossing their hands. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
{The king's English}, correct or current language of good speakers; pure English. --Shak.
{King's evidence} or {Queen's evidence}, testimony in favor of the Crown by a witness who confesses his guilt as an accomplice. See under {Evidence}. [Eng.]
{King's evil}, scrofula; -- so called because formerly supposed to be healed by the touch of a king.
{King snake} (Zo["o]l.), a large, nearly black, harmless snake ({Ophiobolus getulus}) of the Southern United States; -- so called because it kills and eats other kinds of snakes, including even the rattlesnake.
{King's spear} (Bot.), the white asphodel ({Asphodelus albus}).
{King's yellow}, a yellow pigment, consisting essentially of sulphide and oxide of arsenic; -- called also {yellow orpiment}.
{King tody} (Zo["o]l.), a small fly-catching bird ({Eurylaimus serilophus}) of tropical America. The head is adorned with a large, spreading, fan-shaped crest, which is bright red, edged with black.
{King vulture} (Zo["o]l.), a large species of vulture ({Sarcorhamphus papa}), ranging from Mexico to Paraguay, The general color is white. The wings and tail are black, and the naked carunculated head and the neck are briliantly colored with scarlet, yellow, orange, and blue. So called because it drives away other vultures while feeding.
{King wood}, a wood from Brazil, called also {violet wood}, beautifully streaked in violet tints, used in turning and small cabinetwork. The tree is probably a species of {Dalbergia}. See {Jacaranda}.
When Dell'Aria's wife finally picked up the fish four days later, she was told that "it ate all of his goldfish _ cleaned him out," Dell'Aria said.
A goldfish was reunited with its owner Saturday after a week few goldfish can claim to have survived.
A goldfish was reunited with its owner Saturday after a week few goldfish can claim to have survived.
When the sun hid behind cloud, they ventured forth; when it blazed, they slumped into defence. Manager Jack Charlton's latest trick to combat dehydration was plastic goldfish bags filled with water and tossed out to the players.
"I came to the conclusion that I wanted to be inside the goldfish bowl, rather than outside longingly looking in," Major has said.
Authorities credit the first joint U.S.-Chinese investigation for breaking up a drug ring that smuggled seven pounds of heroin into the United States in dead goldfish hidden in shipments of live fish.
I figured out what a fish tank filled with many little goldfish and one ominous shark was about, but don't ask me why it showed up in one scene and not the others.
The goldfish got their sex change here at Japan's National Research Institute of Aquaculture, 180 miles west of Tokyo.
Most of the heroin was later resewn inside some of the fish, which were placed in the bottom of each of 20 boxes containing 50 to 60 live goldfish and shipped to the United States aboard an aircraft.
They play with a ball of string and gaze greedily at a goldfish bowl, but perform no tricks at all.