minnow

• n. [鱼] 鲦鱼（一种小淡水鱼）

来自古英语myne,可能来自PIE*men,小的，词源同minute,minimum.用于指一种小的淡水鱼，后引申词义不起眼的小公司。

来自古英语myne,可能来自PIE*men,小的，词源同minute,minimum.用于指一种小的淡水鱼，后引申词义不起眼的小公司。

minnow (n.)

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 möne, 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."

1. Throw out a minnow to catch a whale.

弃小引大.

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2. Their total catch was one minnow.

他们的全部所获是一条小鱼。

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3. To throw out a minnow to catch a whale.

抛砖引玉(抛小鱼想捉鲸鱼).

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4. One must lose a minnow to catch a salmon.

失去小鲤鱼,抓住大马哈鱼.

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5. Operationally, too, PetroChina a minnow beside its peers.

在运营方面, 中石油与其同行相比也只是小字辈.

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