Old English sceadd "shad," important food fish in the Atlantic, possibly from Scandinavian (Norwegian dialectal skadd "small whitefish"); but compare Welsh ysgadan (plural), Irish and Gaelic sgadan "herring." OED says Low German schade may be from English.
Its importance suggested by its use in forming the common names of U.S. East Coast plants and wildlife whose active period coincides with the running of the shad up rivers, such as shad-bird, shad-bush, shad-flower, shad-fly, shad-frog. From the shape of the fish comes shad-bellied, 1832 in reference to persons, "having little abdominal protuberance;" of coats (1842) "sloping apart in front, cut away," especially in reference to the characteristic garb of male Quakers.
实用例句
1. When the shad run during the spring, you may see fishermen with seines along the banks of our coastal rivers.
当春天鲥鱼游动时，你可能会看到我国沿海河堤岸拉网的渔民。
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2. We have filet of sole , flounder, and baked shad.
我们有上等螺沙鱼排 、 比目鱼, 还有烤鲱鱼.
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3. More delightful than sun in winter or shad in summer.
比那冬天的太阳和夏天的阴凉还要让我愉快啊!
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4. If shad _ r evaluates to - 1 , then the stage's shadow color will be used.
若shad_r等于 -1, 则将使用舞台的影子色.
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5. To use the shadow color of the stage, set shad _ r to - 1 .