Question

“eel”怎么读？

Answer 1

eel英 [iːl]美 [il]n. 鳗鱼；鳝鱼谐音：一尔

记忆方法：

1. peel => p + eel => 鳗鱼的皮儿 =》 剥掉鳗鱼的皮儿。

2. reel => r + eel => 因为鳗鱼蛇形的鱼类，而蛇形是那种长条形具有缠绕特性的形状。

英语词源：

eel (n.)Old English æl "eel," from Proto-Germanic *ælaz (cognates: Old Frisian -el, Middle Dutch ael, Dutch aal, Old Saxon and Old High German al, German Aal, Old Norse all), which is of unknown origin, with no certain cognates outside Germanic. Used figuratively for slipperiness from at least 1520s.