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tuna

noun
🔊/ˈtjuːnə/
🔊/ˈtuːnə/
 [countable, uncountable]
(plural tuna, tunas)
(also tuna fish)
(also British English, less frequent tunny)
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  1. a large sea fish that is used for food金枪鱼
    • fishing for tuna捕金枪鱼
    • tuna steaks金枪鱼排
    • a tin/can of tuna in vegetable oil一罐植物油浸金枪鱼罐头
    Topics Fish and shellfishb2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryTuna is used before these nouns:
    • can
    • salad
    • steak
    • …
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    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from American Spanish, from Spanish atún ‘tunny’.