名詞 caviar:

1. salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served as an hors d'oeuvre
   同義詞：caviare

1. Art galleries not so long ago were caviar to the general, but today many people go to them.
   美術(shù)館不久以前不為一般俗人所喜好，可是現(xiàn)在很多人都愛去。

caviar 也作 cav.i.are

n.（名詞）
The roe of a large fish, especially sturgeon, that is salted, seasoned, and eaten as a delicacy or relish.
魚子醬：大魚、尤其是鱘魚的被腌制、加味并當(dāng)作美味或調(diào)整味品食用的卵

來源：
Alteration of caviarie probably from obsolete Italian caviari [pl. of] caviaro
caviarie的變化 可能源自 已廢意大利語 caviari [] caviaro的復(fù)數(shù)
or from French caviare
或源自 法語 caviare
both from Turkish havyar
都源自 土耳其語 havyar
from Persian kh3vy3r ; akin to kh3yah [egg]
源自 波斯語 kh3vy3r ；類似于 kh3yah [蛋]
from Middle Persian kh3yak * see awi-
源自 中古波斯語 kh3yak *參見 awi-

<注釋>Although caviar might seem to be something quintessentially Russian,the wordcaviar is not a native one, the Russian term beingikra. Caviar first came into English in the 'th century,probably by way of French and Italian,which, along with other European languages, borrowed it from Turkishhavyar. The source of the Turkish word is apparently an Iranian dialectal form related to the Persian word for .egg,.kh3yah, and this in turn goes back to the same Indo-European root that gives us the English wordsegg and oval. This rather exotic etymology is appropriate to a substance that is not to everyone`s taste,giving rise to Shakespeare`s famous phrase,.`twas caviary to the general,.the general public, that is.
雖然魚子醬一詞有點俄羅斯風(fēng)范，但caviar 一詞不是俄語， 俄語詞是ikra。 Caviar 第一次出現(xiàn)在英語中是在'世紀，大概是來自法語和意大利語，而它們又與其它歐洲語言一起從土耳其語havyar 借用而來。 土耳其詞的來源很明顯是從與波斯單詞.雞蛋.khayah 有關(guān)的伊朗方言中而來， 并且由此追溯到給我們帶來egg 和 oval 的同一印歐語系詞根。 這種怪異的詞源學(xué)不會適合所有人的口味，由此帶來了莎士比亞的名言，.它是適合大眾口味的魚子醬，.即指一般公眾