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单词 scup
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Definition of scup in English:

scup

noun skʌpskəp
  • A common porgy (fish) with faint dark vertical bars, occurring off the coasts of the north-west Atlantic.

    黄色窄牙鲷,大西洋鲷

    Stenotomus chrysops, family Sparidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • PIV analysis of boundary layer flow shows increased shear rates of 3.6 for swimming smooth dogfish and 1.5 to 1.9 for scup compared to a rigid reference.
    • This was shortened by the early settlers in New England to scuppaug; and afterwards to scup, a better name than porgy (or paugy, as it used to be spelled at New York), and one still in use as a common name.
    • When the first federal fish commissioner tried in 1871 to resolve a conflict in New England over declining scup stocks, the states were ill-equipped to deal with the issue and the commissioner gave up.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Narragansett mishcup, from mishe 'big' + cuppi 'close together' (because of the shape of the scales).

Rhymes

cup, grown-up, pup, straight-up, stuck-up, summing-up, sup, totting-up, two-up, up, washing-up

Definition of scup in US English:

scup

nounskəp
  • A common porgy (fish) with faint dark vertical bars, occurring off the coasts of the northwest Atlantic.

    黄色窄牙鲷,大西洋鲷

    Stenotomus chrysops, family Sparidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This was shortened by the early settlers in New England to scuppaug; and afterwards to scup, a better name than porgy (or paugy, as it used to be spelled at New York), and one still in use as a common name.
    • PIV analysis of boundary layer flow shows increased shear rates of 3.6 for swimming smooth dogfish and 1.5 to 1.9 for scup compared to a rigid reference.
    • When the first federal fish commissioner tried in 1871 to resolve a conflict in New England over declining scup stocks, the states were ill-equipped to deal with the issue and the commissioner gave up.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Narragansett mishcup, from mishe ‘big’ + cuppi ‘close together’ (because of the shape of the scales).

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