沙丁魚 — meaning in English

English meaning

• pilchard noun Any of various small oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae.
• sardine noun A small, oily fish, often canned in oil, related to the herring family.

Senses

沙丁魚 is used for these senses in English:

• pilchard Any of various small oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae.
• sardine Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Sardina pilchardus, syn. Clupea pilchardus). The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden.

sardine — full definition

1. noun A small, oily fish, often canned in oil, related to the herring family.
2. noun Informally, a person tightly packed among others in a small space.