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单词 sterlet
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Definition of sterlet in English:

sterlet

noun ˈstəːlɪtˈstərlət
  • A small sturgeon of the Danube basin and Caspian Sea area, farmed and commercially fished for its flesh and caviar.

    (多瑙河盆地和里海的)小体鲟

    Acipenser ruthenus, family Acipenseridae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Looking only a dorsal fin short of the extinct ichthyosaur species, the long snout and distinctive white markings suggest it is actually a sterlet, which is a breed of sturgeon.
    • The fish dish served most often was Dviena sterlet in champagne sauce.
    • Yet by the mid-1930s, in The Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov mourned the restaurant's decline: ‘Do you remember sterlet in a silver saucepan, cut into pieces and interlaced with lobster tails and fresh caviar?’
    • Following last week's shock discovery of a young sterlet in Chapman's Pond, Woodthorpe, another York angler has been in touch with the Evening Press about his own experiences with sturgeon.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Russian sterlyadʹ.

Definition of sterlet in US English:

sterlet

nounˈstərlətˈstərlət
  • A small sturgeon of the Danube basin and Caspian Sea area, farmed and commercially fished for its flesh and caviar.

    (多瑙河盆地和里海的)小体鲟

    Acipenser ruthenus, family Acipenseridae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Following last week's shock discovery of a young sterlet in Chapman's Pond, Woodthorpe, another York angler has been in touch with the Evening Press about his own experiences with sturgeon.
    • Looking only a dorsal fin short of the extinct ichthyosaur species, the long snout and distinctive white markings suggest it is actually a sterlet, which is a breed of sturgeon.
    • The fish dish served most often was Dviena sterlet in champagne sauce.
    • Yet by the mid-1930s, in The Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov mourned the restaurant's decline: ‘Do you remember sterlet in a silver saucepan, cut into pieces and interlaced with lobster tails and fresh caviar?’

Origin

Late 16th century: from Russian sterlyadʹ.

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