trout

noun
🔊/traʊt/
🔊/traʊt/
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  1. [countable, uncountable]
    (plural trout)
    a common freshwater fish that is used for food. There are several types of trout.鲑;鲑鳟鱼;鳟鱼
    • rainbow trout虹鳟
    • trout fishing捕鳟鱼
    • Shall we have trout for dinner?我们正餐吃鳟鱼好吗?🔊🔊
    • The trout spawn in late summer or autumn.鳟鱼在夏末或秋季产卵。
    Topics Fish and shellfishc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • fresh
    • smoked
    • wild
    verb + trout
    • fish for
    • tickle
    • catch
    trout + verb
    • spawn
    trout + noun
    • fishing
    • farm
    • fishery
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  2. [countable, usually singular]
    (usually old trout)
    (informal, disapproving) an annoying or angry old woman 恶婆子;讨厌的老太婆
  3. Word Originlate Old English truht, from late Latin tructa, based on Greek trōgein ‘gnaw’.