cod

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Related topics: Fish, Food, dish

cod1 /kɒd $ kɑːd/ noun (plural cod)

1. [countableC]HBF a large sea fish that lives in the North Atlantic 鳕鱼

2 [uncountableU]DFF the white flesh of a cod, eaten as food 鳕鱼肉

Two cod fillets, please.

请来两份鳕鱼片。

Examples from the Corpus

cod• Ian and a friend bagged 90 cod in just two hours in one purple patch.• baked cod with a mustard sauce• Peeler also works for pout, eels and the big cod.• Boats taking occasional thornback ray, but cod scarce.• He ordered his meal of cod and chips and no vinegar, then sat down to await its arrival.• Plaice, cod, huss and skate are all caught locally.• The manager, young Pinto-Marques, supplied him with glasses of chilled vinho verde and plates of olives or salt cod fritters.• The fish made several deep dives and I began to wonder who would give up first, me or the cod.• Season the cod steaks and place them on top of the tomato mixture.

cod2 adjectiveadj [only before noun] British EnglishBrE

not real, but intended to look or sound real – often used humorously 假的，假冒的〔常为幽默用法〕

a cod English accent

装出来的英国口音

COD British EnglishBrE, C.O.D. American English /ˌsiː əʊ ˈdiː $ -oʊ-/ noun [uncountableU]

PAY FOR (cash on delivery) a payment system in which the customer pays the person who delivers the goods to them 货到付款

From Longman Business Dictionary

CODCOD noun [uncountableU]COMMERCETRANSPORT

Origin cod

(1300-1400) Perhaps from Old English codd “bag”; because of its appearance

cod2

(1900-2000) cod “to play a trick on” ((19-20 centuries)), perhaps from cod “a stupid person” ((19-20 centuries))

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