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mill·er's thumb AHD[mĭlʹərz] D.J.[ˈmɪləz]K.K.[ˈmɪləz]n.(名词)- Any of several small freshwater sculpins of the genusCottus, especially C. gobio, found in Europe and North America and having a large spiny head and spiny fins. 杜父鱼:欧洲和北美洲产的一种小型淡水锯鱿杜父鱼 属,尤指 杜父鱼 ,生有棘头和棘鳍
- [From its stocky, thumblike shape (the phrase miller's thumb was originally a folk expression referring to millers who gave short weight by tipping the scales with their thumbs) [以其粗壮、拇指形的体型而得名(杜父鱼 一词最早为一俗语,指磨坊主人用其拇指抬称杆以便缺斤短两)
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