alewife
英 ['eɪlwaɪf]
美['el,waɪf]
- n. 开酒馆的女人， 啤酒店的女主人；拟西鲱，大肚鲱 [鱼]
英英释意
- 1. flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams
- 2. shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus