salmon

salmon — noun

1. A medium-sized fish with shiny silver skin, found in both the ocean and freshwat

1.名詞A2
釋義

A medium-sized fish with shiny silver skin, found in both the ocean and freshwater rivers. Each year it travels upstream to deposit its eggs, and people in many countries cook and eat its pink-orange meat.

例句

Walid ordered grilled salmon with a side of vegetables for dinner.

grilled salmon — common cooking method

Every spring, wild salmon swim up this river to lay their eggs.

salmon swim up river — migration to spawn

同義詞
  • trout

    a related freshwater fish, smaller than salmon, with similar pink or white flesh

  • tuna

    a large ocean fish also widely eaten; its flesh is darker and firmer than salmon's

用法筆記

The plural form is the same as the singular: one salmon, two salmon. Using 'salmons' is not considered standard.

常見錯誤

❌I bought three salmons at the market.
✅I bought three salmon at the market.
💡salmon has the same form in singular and plural, like 'sheep' or 'fish.'

2. A light pinkish orange shade, similar to the colour of salmon meat. It is common

2.名詞B1
釋義

A light pinkish orange shade, similar to the colour of salmon meat. It is commonly used in fashion, interior design, and cosmetics.

例句

Eleni wore a salmon-coloured dress to the summer wedding.

salmon-coloured — compound adjective for colour

The bedroom walls were painted a soft salmon, which made the room feel warm.

同義詞
  • coral

    a slightly more pinkish-orange shade, closer to the colour of coral reefs

  • peach

    a softer, more yellow-toned light orange than salmon

  • pinkish orange

    a descriptive phrase naming the two main colour components of salmon

用法筆記

Commonly used as a compound modifier before a noun, either with a hyphen (salmon-coloured) or as part of a two-word phrase (salmon pink).

常見錯誤

❌The sofa is salmon colour.
✅The sofa is salmon-coloured.
💡when describing an object, use the compound adjective form 'salmon-coloured' or say 'a salmon colour.'

salmon — idiom