米诺鱼(鲤科淡水小鱼);(用作鱼饵的)小鱼,诱饵鱼;
词源记忆法
来自古英语myne,可能来自PIE*men,小的,词源同minute,minimum.用于指一种小的淡水鱼,后引申词义不起眼的小公司。
Their total catch was one minnow.
他们的全部所获是一条小鱼。
Throw out a minnow to catch a whale.
弃小引大.
Even as a baby a blue whale can make a grown man seem like a minnow.
即便是蓝鲸宝宝,相较之下也能让一个成年人看起来像条小鲤鱼.
To throw out a minnow to catch a whale.
抛砖引玉(抛小鱼想捉鲸鱼).
one of the minnows of the computer industry
计算机行业中一家微不足道的小公司
Operationally, too, PetroChina a minnow beside its peers.
在运营方面, 中石油与其同行相比也只是小字辈.
One must lose a minnow to catch a salmon.
失去小鲤鱼,抓住大马哈鱼.
I'll a few words first , in the hope of a minnow a whale.
以下是我的一些建议, 希望能起抛砖引玉的作用.
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