early 15c., from Latin sardina, from Greek sardine, sardinos, often said to be from Sardo "Sardinia" (see Sardinia), the Mediterranean island, near which the fish probably were caught and from which they were exported. But Klein writes, "It is hardly probable that the Greeks would have obtained fish from so far as Sardinia at a time relatively so early as that of Aristotle, from whom Athenaios quotes a passage in which the fish sardinos is mentioned." Colloquial phrase packed like sardines (in a tin) is recorded from 1911.
实用例句
1. Every bus arrives and leaves packed as fully as a sardine tin.
每辆开来和开走的公共汽车都塞得像沙丁鱼罐头一样拥挤.
来自辞典例句
2. Each sardine was hooked through both eyes.
每一条沙丁鱼都是穿过眼睛挂在钩子上的.
来自辞典例句
3. The old man unhooked the fish, rebaited the line with another sardine and tossed it over.
老人把钓钩从鱼嘴里***, 重新安上一条沙丁鱼作饵,把它甩进海里.
来自英汉文学 - 老人与海
4. We are packed like sardine all the way home on the bus.
