"snakehead" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 黑魚
• 蛇頭 (非法移民組織者)

Definition

「Snakehead」是指一種身體細長且具有攻擊性的魚。在中國，非正式語境下，還指非法安排移民的人蛇集團。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

指魚時是正式用語。犯罪義常在中國及非正式語境（如新聞）中出現；亞洲以外較少見。代表魚類時也說“黑魚”。勿與“snake head”（蛇的頭部）混淆。

Examples

A snakehead can live both in water and on land for some time.

**黑魚**可以在水中和陸地上存活一段時間。

The fisherman caught a large snakehead in the river.

漁夫在河裡抓到一條大**黑魚**。

Snakeheads are not native to North America.

**黑魚**不是北美的原生魚類。

The news reported that a snakehead was arrested for smuggling people into Europe.

新聞報導一名**蛇頭**因偷渡人口到歐洲被捕。

People pay a snakehead large sums to get across the border.

人們會付高昂費用請**蛇頭**帶他們偷渡過境。

I've seen a snakehead fish at the aquarium before; it's pretty scary-looking!

我以前在水族館看過**黑魚**，長得很嚇人！