alewife
英 ['eɪlwaɪf]
美 ['el,waɪf]
- n. 开酒馆的女人， 啤酒店的女主人；拟西鲱，大肚鲱 [鱼]
英文词源
- alewife (n.)
- herring-like fish of North America, 1630s, named from the word for female tavern keepers (late 14c.), from ale + wife; the fish so called in reference to its large abdomen.