type of sea fish, late 13c., probably from Old English haca "a hook, door-fastening" (related to hacod "pike" the fish), or from cognate Old Norse haki "hook;" in either case the fish so called from the shape of its jaw; both from Proto-Germanic *hakan (cognate with Dutch hake "hook"), from PIE root *keg- "hook, tooth" (see hook (n.)).
实用例句
1. What we lose in hake we shall have in herring.
失鳕得鲱;失之东隅,收之桑榆.
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2. Their other names include blue hake , blue grenadier, whiting ( incorrectly ) and whiptail.
