turbot: [13] The turbot is etymologically the ‘thorn-flatfish’. Its name comes via Old French turbot from Old Swedish törnbut ‘turbot’. This was a compound noun formed from törn ‘thorn’ (a relative of English thorn) and but ‘flatfish’, a borrowing from Middle Low German but which probably denoted etymologically ‘stumpy’, and also supplied the final syllable of English halibut [15]. The name presumably alludes to the bony nodules on the fish’s back. => halibut, thorn
turbot (n.)
large, edible flatfish, c. 1300, from Old French turbut (12c., Modern French turbot), probably from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Swedish törnbut, from törn "thorn" + but "flatfish;" see halibut). But OED says of uncertain origin and speculates on a connection to Latin turbo "spinning top."
实用例句
1. Low sales for turbot during the past months have led to a price drop.
大菱前几个月交易量偏低,导致价格下降.
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2. Moreover, substitute products are still showing lower prices when compared with turbot.
而且, 一些可替代产品在与大菱的竞争中又降低了价格.
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3. The adenosine triphosphatease ( ATPase ) gene of turbot reddish body iridovirus ( TRBIV ) was cloned and sequenced.
