资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sardine \Sar"dine\ (? or ?; 277), n. [F. sardine (cf. Sp.
   sardina, sarda, It. sardina, sardella), L. sardina, sarda;
   cf. Gr. ?, ?; so called from the island of Sardinia, Gr. ?.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   Any one of several small species of herring which are
   commonly preserved in olive oil for food, especially the
   pilchard, or European sardine ({Clupea pilchardus}). The
   California sardine ({Clupea sagax}) is similar. The American
   sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the
   common herring and of the menhaden.