small freshwater fish, early 15c., probably related to Old English myne, earlier *mynwe, a name for some kind of fish, from Proto-Germanic *muniwon (cognates: Middle Low German m?ne, Dutch meun, Old High German muniwa, German Münne), of unknown origin, perhaps from PIE *men- "small." Perhaps influenced in Middle English by French menu "small."
雙語例句
1. Throw out a minnow to catch a whale.
棄小引大.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. Their total catch was one minnow.
他們的全部所獲是一條小魚。
來自辭典例句
3. To throw out a minnow to catch a whale.
拋磚引玉(拋小魚想捉鯨魚).
來自互聯網
4. One must lose a minnow to catch a salmon.
失去小鯉魚,抓住大馬哈魚.
來自互聯網
5. Operationally, too, PetroChina a minnow beside its peers.