- [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
- (also roe deer)[countable]
a small European and Asian deer 狍（一种产于欧亚的小鹿）
Word Originsense 1 late Middle English: related to Middle Low German, Middle Dutch roge.sense 2 Old English rā(ha), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ree and German Reh.