p. a. (of a herring) having shot or dischargedits roe,hence thin and shrunken （指青魚）排過卵的，（因而）瘦癟的。 △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.”要是在這地面上還有人記得男子氣概、記得堂堂男子氣概的話，我就算是一條瘦癟的青魚。