swordfish

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++sword·fish /ˈsɔːdˌfɪʃ $ ˈsɔːrd-/ noun (plural swordfish) [countable] APDa large fish with a very long pointed upper jaw 剑鱼 →5 see picture at 见图 fish1

Examples from the Corpus

swordfish• Fish is something of a speciality with restaurants offering everything from grilled swordfish and lobster, to baby eels in garlic butter.• We sat on the outside terrace and cooled ourselves with a beer until our swordfish sandwiches and fries arrived.• He gets some good comic mileage out of a stuffed swordfish in the opening sequence, and handles one-liners well.• But restaurants sometimes find it harder to peddle sweatshirts than swordfish.• Take a boat in search of the swordfish and marlin which offer great sport in these waters.• The swordfish family has a much longer, slender snout than the sailfish.• The swordfish, like the sailfish, will follow a school of fish for a considerable distance before it decides to attack.

sword·fish nounChineseSyllable

a long fish very a Corpus large with

swordfish
sword‧fish /ˈsɔːdˌfɪʃ $ ˈsɔːrd-/