名詞 mackerel:

1. flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish
2. any of various fishes of the family Scombridae

1. Holy mackerel! What a way to run all army!
   好家伙，這是什么指揮部隊(duì)的方式呀！
2. He sent her a box of her favourite chocolates. It was a sprat to catch a mackerel, and he waited eagerly for her reply.
   他送給她一盒她最喜歡吃的巧克力，這是想吃小虧占大便宜，現(xiàn)在他正迫切地等待著她的反應(yīng)。
3. Every week I invest a pound on the football pools. It's a sprat to catch a mackerel because one day I could win a million.
   每星期我花一英鎊賭足球普爾，這完全是一種小小冒險(xiǎn)以求大利的行動(dòng)，因?yàn)榭赡苡幸惶煳視?huì)贏100萬。

mack.er.el

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 mackerel 或 mack.er.els
Any of several widely distributed marine fishes of the family Scombridae, especially the Atlantic mackerel(Scomber scombrus), an important food fish having dark, wavy bars on the back and a silvery belly.
鯖魚：分布很廣的幾種屬于鯖魚科的海魚之中任一種，特別是（鯖 鯖屬）， 的大西洋鯖魚，是一種重要的食用魚，背部有黑色波浪狀條紋，腹部為銀色
Any of the smaller fishes of the suborder Scombroidea, such as the Spanish mackerel.
馬鮫：鯖亞目的體積較小的魚的任一種，如馬鮫
Any of various similar fishes.
其它許多類似的魚的任一種

來源：
Middle English makerel
中古英語 makerel
from Old French maquerel
源自 古法語 maquerel