large marine game-fish, 1917, shortening of marlinspike fish (1907), from marlinspike, name of a pointed iron tool used by sailors (see marlinspike). The fish was so called from the shape of its elongated upper jaw.
权威例句
1. It could have been a marlin or a broadbill or a shark.
很可能是条大马林鱼,或者剑鱼,或者鲨鱼.
2. Marlin is getting along very well with his colleagues.
马林跟他的同事相处得很好.
3. He remembered the time he had hooked one of a pair of marlin.
他想起有一回钓到了一对大马林鱼中的一条.
4. Marlin: I didnt come this far to be breakfast.
马林: 我大老远跑来不是来当早餐的.
5. In sea, Marlin and Nemo lead a safe and quiet life.