minnow

noun · adjective · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

minnowsminnieminnyminowmenowmenoe

1.
Any of certain small fish.
Đồng nghĩa: minim, pinkeen
2.
(figuratively)A person or thing of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.
Đồng nghĩa: nobody, no one, small fry, small potatoes, absolute zero, also-ran, chopped liver, cipher, crumb, Joe Nobody, little guy, minnow, nebbish, nobody, no one, nothing, nothingburger, nonentity, picayune, pip-squeak, pleb, peon, prole, puny, quidam, rinky-dink, shrimp, wankstain, zero, zilch
3.
(fishing) An artificial bait in the form of a small fish.

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(rare)Very small; tiny.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

minnows

V_ing/Gerund

minnowing

V_ed/pp

minnowed

1.
(intransitive)To fish for minnows (noun sense 1 and subsenses).
2.
(intransitive)To fish, especially for trout, using minnows as bait.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

minim pinkeen nobodyno onesmall frysmall potatoesabsolute zeroalso-ranchopped livercipher crumbJoe Nobodylittle guynebbish nothingnothingburgernonentity picayunepip-squeakpleb

Cùng gốc / liên quan

pikeminnowfaster than a minnow can swim a dippermud minnowminnockminnow basherminnow bashingsatinfin minnowminnowedquicker than a minnow can swim a dipperspottail minnow

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro The noun is derived from Late Middle English menew, menowe, from Old English *mynwe, an oblique form of *mynu, a variant of myne (minnow; small fish), from *muniwu (minnow; small fish), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (small). Possibly influenced by menu and menu, and minim.