roughy
roughy — 名詞
1. a small silvery fish found in the coastal waters of southern Australia, caught f
湯米魚
澳洲南部沿海小型食用魚
a small silvery fish found in the coastal waters of southern Australia, caught for food and often called 'tommy rough'
Isabela fried the fresh roughy in butter and served it with lemon.
Isabela 用奶油把新鮮的湯米魚煎熟，再擠上檸檬汁享用。
collocation: fresh roughy + cooking verbs (fry, grill, bake)
Nadia's father caught a dozen roughy off the pier at Victor Harbor last weekend.
Nadia 的父親上週末在維克多港碼頭釣到了十幾條湯米魚。
The local fish shop in Albany sells roughy when the boats come in during spring.
奧爾巴尼的魚店在春天漁船回港時會販售湯米魚。
Hyun ordered the grilled roughy at the seafood restaurant near the harbour.
Hyun 在港口附近的海鮮餐廳點了烤湯米魚。
A school of roughy swam close to the jetty where children tried to net them.
一群湯米魚游近碼頭，孩子們試著用撈網撈魚。
- tommy rough
the more common name in Australia
- Australian herring
used in some Australian fishing communities, especially in the west
文法句型
roughy (singular) / roughies (plural)
用法筆記
This fish is more commonly called 'tommy rough' in Australia. It is often caught by recreational anglers in the shallow coastal waters of South Australia and Western Australia. Not to be confused with the deep-water slimehead roughy (sense 2).
常見錯誤
2. a reddish-brown fish that lives near the ocean floor around southern Australia,
紅糙魚
澳洲深海紅褐色食用魚
a reddish-brown fish that lives near the ocean floor around southern Australia, with a soft body and large eyes, sometimes sold as food and also called slimehead
The marine biologist showed Otis a roughy that had been caught near the continental shelf.
海洋生物學家給 Otis 看一條在大陸棚附近捕獲的紅糙魚。
habitat: caught near the continental shelf
Eli noticed the roughy's large eyes, which help it see in the dim ocean depths.
Eli 注意到紅糙魚的大眼睛，這種眼睛讓牠能在昏暗的深海裡看清楚。
distinctive feature: large dark eyes for deep-water vision
A preserved roughy sat in a glass jar at the fish research centre in Hobart.
一條泡在酒精中的紅糙魚標本放在荷巴特漁業研究中心。
Noor read that roughy are called slimeheads because of the mucus canals on their heads.
Noor 讀到紅糙魚又叫黏頭魚，因為牠們頭部的黏液管非常發達。
Rachel watched a roughy dart into a crevice when a shadow passed over the reef.
Rachel 看著一條紅糙魚迅速躲進岩縫，一條大魚的影子剛好在暗礁上方掠過。
- slimehead
common alternative name referring to the mucus canals on its head
文法句型
roughy (singular) / roughies (plural)
用法筆記
This species belongs to the slimehead family (Trachichthyidae). The better-known orange roughy is a larger relative found in New Zealand waters. In everyday Australian speech, 'roughy' alone more often refers to the tommy rough (sense 1), so context is important for correct identification.