the paired respiratory organ of fishes and some amphibians, by which oxygen is extracted from water flowing over surfaces within or attached to the walls of the pharynx 鳃(鱼和一些两栖动物的呼吸器官) ■an organ of similar function in an invertebrate animal (无脊椎动物)鳃状呼吸器官
the vertical plates arranged radially on the underside of mushrooms and many toadstools (蘑菇和多种伞菌的)菌褶
the wattles or dewlap of a fowl (家禽)下腭垂肉 ■(gills)the flesh below a person's jaws and ears 腮下肉 we stuffed ourselves to the gills with scrambled eggs on toast. 摊鸡蛋加吐司吃得我们腮帮子鼓鼓的。
verb [with obj.]
gut or clean (a fish) 取出(鱼的)内脏;洗鱼
catch (a fish) in a gill net (用刺网)捕鱼
常用词组 green about (或 around 或 at) the gills
(of a person) sickly-looking (人)满脸病容的,病恹恹的
派生 gilled adjective
[in combination]a six-gilled shark. 六鳃鲨鱼。
语源
Middle English: from Old Norse
gill2 [dʒɪl] noun
a unit of liquid measure, equal to a quarter of a pint 吉耳(液量单位,等于1/4品脱)
语源
Middle English: from Old French gille 'measure or container for wine', from late Latin gillo 'water pot'
gill3 [gɪl] (亦作 ghyll) noun
a deep ravine, especially a wooded one (尤指森林茂密的)峡谷 ■a narrow mountain stream 涧流
语源
Middle English: from Old Norse gil 'deep glen'. The spelling ghyll was introduced by Wordsworth
gill4 [dʒɪl] (亦作 jill) noun
(derogatory)a young woman (贬)年轻女子
a female ferret 母雪貂。 比较 hob (义项1)
语源
late Middle English: abbreviation of the given name Gillian