large marine game-fish, 1917, shortening of marlinspike fish (1907), from marlinspike, name of a pointed iron tool used by sailors (see marlinspike). The fish was so called from the shape of its elongated upper jaw.
例文
1. It could have been a marlin or a broadbill or a shark.
は、大きなマリンフィッシュ、剣魚、サメの可能性が高い。dd>-老人と海
2. Marlin is getting along very well with his colleagues.
マリンは同僚と仲良くしている。
3.He remembered the time he had hooked one of a pair of marlin .
彼はある時、1対の大きなマリンフィッシュを釣ったことを思い出した。
-老人と海
4. Marlin :I didnt come this far to be breakfast.
マリン:私は遠くから朝食に来たのではありません。
<dl><dt>5.Insea, Marlin and Nemo lead a safe and quiet life.