cá trích

Thân thiện

Cá trích bơi thành đàn lớn dưới biển.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Herring: A small, silvery, oily forage fish belonging to the family Clupeidae, often living in large schools in temperate waters of the North Atlantic and North Pacific.
   • Sardine/Sardinella: In a Vietnamese context, "cá trích" can also refer to similar small, silvery fish in the herring family, commonly caught and consumed locally, which may align more closely with sardines or sardinellas.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Cá trích thường được đóng hộp hoặc hun khói. (Herring is often canned or smoked.)
  • Món cá trích kho thơm là đặc sản miền Tây. (Braised herring/sardine with pineapple is a specialty of the Mekong Delta.)
  • Đàn cá trích bơi thành đàn lớn. (A school of herring swims in a large shoal.)

Advanced Usage

• "cá trích cơm": A specific local variety, often smaller and a common, affordable food source.
  • Bữa trưa đơn giản với cá trích cơm kho mặn. (A simple lunch with salted braised small herring.)

Variants and Related Words

• Họ cá trích (n): The Clupeidae family, which includes herrings, sardines, and anchovies.
• Lưới đánh cá trích (n): Herring net; a fishing net designed for catching herring.
• Mùa đánh cá trích (n): Herring season; the period when herring fishing occurs.

Synonyms

• Herring: The primary direct translation for the fish species.
• Sardine: A common term for related small, oily fish, especially when canned.
• Forage fish: Describes its ecological role as prey for larger predators.

Related Idioms

Note: "Cá trích" itself is not commonly used in Vietnamese idioms. Its usage is primarily literal.

Học thuật

1. Herring