существительное · редкое

minnow

min·now

minnow · minnows

рыбка, гольян

нікчема, недоріка, нікчемник

Elritze, Bitterfisch, Maipiere, Pfrille

Any of certain small fishAny of certain small fish.

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UK/ˈmɪnəʊ/US/ˈmɪnoʊ/

» I fish for trout with minnows.

Ich fische Forelle mit Elritzen.

Значение

значений: 9

Any of certain small fish.
very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams
Any of certain small fish.
The common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus), a small freshwater fish of the carp family Cyprinidae which has a green back with black elongated blotches, commonly swimming in large shoals.
Bitterfisch, Elritze, Maipiere
голья́нgolʹján
Chiefly with a qualifying word: That fish or any of a number of other (small) fish from the family Cyprinidae.
(США)Any of those fish or other small (usually freshwater) fish from other families.
(Австралия, Новая Зеландия)Synonym of galaxiid (“any member of the family Galaxiidae of mostly small freshwater fish of the Southern Hemisphere”); specifically, the common galaxias, inanga, or jollytail (Galaxias maculatus).
(Британия, региональное)Synonym of stickleback (family Gasterosteidae).
(переносно)A person or thing of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.
A person or thing of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.
(особенно, переносно)A team that is considered less skilled and not expected to win many, if any, of its matches.
An artificial bait in the form of a small fish.

Примеры

предложений: 5

I fish for trout with minnows.
deIch fische Forelle mit Elritzen. — christian63
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Tom is a minnow in the Boston academic community.
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Sometimes I like to feed leftover breadcrumbs to the minnows in the neighborhood pond.
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The opposition minnows fought a desperate rearguard action in defence of their one-goal lead.
deDie kleinen Fische der generischen Mannschaft verteidigten in erbitterter Verteidigungsschlacht ihren Eintorvorsprung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Europe is a minnow when it comes to the chips that are vital to high-end manufacturing.
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Переводы

языков: 8

Русский

По значениям 2

any small fish:

Phoxinus phoxinus:

Deutsch

По значениям 1

Phoxinus phoxinus:

Происхождение

The noun is derived from Late Middle English menew, menowe (“small fish; (specifically) co

The noun is derived from Late Middle English menew, menowe (“small fish; (specifically) common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus); or stickleback (possibly the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus)”), from Old English *mynwe, an oblique form of *mynu, a variant of myne (“minnow; small fish”), from Proto-West Germanic *muniwu (“minnow; small fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“small”). Possibly influenced by Anglo-Norman menu (“small”) and Old French menu (“small”), and English minim (“anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like”).

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