eel

名词 eel:

1. the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
2. voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins

1. The eel wriggled out of my fingers.
   那条鳝鱼从我的指缝间滑走了。
2. The taste of eel is delicious.
   鳝鱼的味道很好。
3. Eels are long and difficult to catch.
   鳝鱼很长而且很难抓住。

eel

n.（名词）
【复数】 eel 或 eels
Any of various long, snakelike, scaleless marine or freshwater fishes of the order Anguilliformes or Apodes, especiallyAnguilla rostrata of eastern North America or A. anguilla of Europe, that lack pelvic fins and characteristically migrate from fresh water to salt water to spawn.
鳗：任一种长的蛇形的无鳞海洋或淡水鱼，尤指产于北美东部的扁平鳗鲡属 或欧洲的 鳗属 ，都缺少腹鳍，并且是典型的从淡水中迁居到盐水中产卵
Any of several similar fishes, such as the lamprey and electric eel.
任一种类似鱼类，如八目鳗和电鳗

来源：
Middle English ele
中古英语 ele
from Old English ôl
源自 古英语 ôl