roe

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roe /rəʊ $ roʊ/ noun [countable, uncountable]  DFfish eggs eaten as a food 〔供食用的〕鱼子 → caviar

Examples from the Corpus

roe• Fish roe, taramasalata, fried scampi.• Edusha brewed tea, putting herring roe, cheese, and butter on the table.• In fact, the Europa is so forgiving that novices like roe can get straight in and drive last.• Larger numbers of roe deer live near there and Czechoslovakia still has bears and wolves roaming in the wild.• Red caviar is prepared from salmon roe.• She survived until my sushi-maker served up the requisite salmon roe topped with the yoke of a tiny ostrich egg.• Caviar is sturgeon roe prepared by a special process.• Place the roe, lemon juice and squeezed bread in a food processor blender.Origin roe (1400-1500) Middle Dutch Middle Low German roge

roe nounChinese  

eggs eaten Corpus fish as a food

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roe /rəʊ $ roʊ/ noun [uncountable and countable]fish eggs eaten as a food ⇨ caviar

roeBrE /rəʊ/ 🔊NAmE /roʊ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] the mass of eggs inside a female fish (hard roe) or the sperm of a male fish (soft roe), used as food 鱼子◆cod's roe鳕鱼子 = roe deer