troutletとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

troutlet (複数形 troutlet または troutlets)

1. A young trout.
   • 1816, James Brydges Willyams, The Influence of Genius, London: J. Hatchard, Part 1, stanza 37, p. 21,^[1]

     The brook beneath, thro’ which the troutlet shy / Shot swiftly on, and baffled all his skill;

   • 1906, Ambrose Bierce, The Cynic’s Word Book, p. 67,^[2]

     As, pent in an aquarium, the troutlet / Swims round and round his tank to find an outlet,

   • 1914, J. M. Barrie, Rosalind in Half Hours, London: Hodder and Stoughton, p. 101,^[3]

     He has a nice taste in the arts that has come to him by the way of socks, spats and slips, and of these he has a large and happy collection, which he laughs at jollily in public […] but in the privacy of his chamber he sometimes spreads them out like troutlet on the river’s bank and has his quiet thrills of exultation.

   • 1979, Scott O’Dell, The Captive, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, p. 121,^[4]

     Farther along I came to a stream and, resting on its bank, counted many troutlets lying on the bottom among the stones.

同意語

• troutling