a small fish that is used for food, usually preserved in salt and oil, giving it a strong salty taste 鳀(咸水小鱼) a pizza topped with cheese and anchovies 奶酪鳀鱼比萨饼
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAnchovy is used before these nouns:- fillet
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Spanish and Portuguese anchova, of unknown origin.