kipper

kipper1
noun
  1. a kippered fish, especially a herring
    熏鱼，（尤指）熏鲱鱼
    ■(Austral. informal, derogatory)an English person
    (澳，非正式，贬)英国人
  2. a male salmon in the spawning season
    产卵期的雄鲑鱼
verb
  1. [with obj.][usu. as adj. kippered]cure (a herring or other fish) by splitting it open and salting and drying it in the open air or in smoke
    熏制（鲱鱼或其他鱼）
语源
  1. Old English cypera (in sense 2), of Germanic origin; related to Old Saxon kupiro, perhaps also to copper
kipper2
noun
  1. (Austral.)an Aboriginal male who has been initiated into manhood
    (澳)参加过成人仪式的土著男性
语源
  1. from Dharuk gibara, from giba 'a stone' (because of its use in the ceremonial extraction of teeth)
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