a young pilchard or other young or small herring-like fish 沙丁鱼,鳁
(sardines)[treated as sing.](Brit.)a children's game based on hide-and-seek, in which one child hides and the other children, as they find the hider, join him or her in the hiding place until just one child remains (英)挤沙丁捉迷藏游戏(一人躲藏,寻找者找到躲藏者后逐个挤入躲藏处,直到剩下一人为止)
verb
[with obj.](informal)pack closely together (非正式)使紧紧挤在一起,使拥挤
常用词组 packed like sardines
crowded very close together, as sardines are in tins 拥挤得像罐头里的沙丁鱼,挤得满满的,拥挤不堪
语源
late Middle English: from French, or from Latin sardina, from sarda, from Greek, probably from Sardō 'Sardinia'
sardine2 [ˈsɑːdʌɪn] noun
another term for sardius 同 sardius
语源
late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek sardinos, variant of sardios (see sardius)