p. a. (of a herring) having shot or dischargedits roe,hence thin and shrunken (指青鱼)排过卵的,(因而)瘦瘪的。 △1H.IV.2.4.143 (128):“if manhood,good man-hood,be not forgot upon the face of the earth,then am I a shotten herring.”要是在这地面上还有人记得男子气概、记得堂堂男子气概的话,我就算是一条瘦瘪的青鱼。