electric eel

noun

1. 电鳗（生活于南美河流中，能产生电流）
   a large fish that lives in rivers in S America, which produces electricity to kill its food and to help it find its way

1. But, in sharp contrast, a Japanese aquarium decided on a novel way to save energy& it used electricity generated by an electric eel to light up its Christmas tree.
   与此相反，日本一家水族馆则想出了一个新奇的节能办法。它利用电鳗鱼发的电来点亮圣诞树彩灯。
2. The electric eel stuns its prey with slight electricity.
   电鳗会用轻微电流电它的猎物。
3. The shock from an electric eel is powerful enough to knock a man out.
   电鳗的电击十分厉害，可以击昏人。
4. But it appears that the electric eel uses its current most often against smaller fish.
   但是，似乎电鳗在更多的情况下是用其电流攻击较小的鱼类。
5. The electric eel is an amazing storage battery.
   电鳗是一个惊人的电量存储库。
6. Methods: Residual levels of soman in blood were measured using electric eel acetylcholinesterase based microassay and carboxylesterase activity in rat tissues was measured.
   方法：测定大鼠血液中梭曼残留浓度及组织中羧酸酯酶（CaE）活性。

noun

1. eel-shaped freshwater fish of South America having electric organs in its body

   Synonym:    Electrophorus electric