small freshwater fish, early 15c., probably related to Old English myne, earlier *mynwe, a name for some kind of fish, from Proto-Germanic *muniwon (cognates: Middle Low German m?ne, Dutch meun, Old High German muniwa, German Münne), of unknown origin, perhaps from PIE *men- "small." Perhaps influenced in Middle English by French menu "small."
例文
1. Throw out a minnow to catch a whale.
捨て小引大.
2.Their total catch was one minnow .
彼らのすべての獲物は小さな魚である。/
3.To throw out a minnow to catch a whale.
レンガを投げて玉を引く(魚を投げてクジラを捕まえようとする).
4.One must lose a minnow to catch a salmon.
小さな鯉を失い、サケを捕まえる。
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