1. hare (grey animal): 取名自它的颜色，野兔皮毛基本上都是呈灰色、灰白色的。
2. herring (grey fish): 取名自它的颜色，鲱鱼的颜色都是灰色、灰白色的。
3. hare, herring => hoar, hoary.
4. perhaps related to or influenced in form by Old English har "gray, hoar," from the color, or to Old High German heri "host, multitude" from its large schools.
5. 鲱鱼战役（Battle of Herrings），又称鲱鱼之战是1429年2月12日发生在法国奥尔良北部的军事行动，此时正奥尔良之围期间。

herring 鲱鱼

来自古英语har,灰白色，词源同hoar.因这种鱼灰白色的颜色而得名。

1. The young of some kinds of herring are canned as sardines.

有些种类的鲱鱼幼鱼可制成罐头.

2. Smoked herring is a local delicacy.

烟熏鲱鱼是当地一种美味食品.

3. Thousands of herring and crab are washed up on the beaches during every storm.

每次暴风雨过后海滩上都会留下数不尽的鲱鱼和螃蟹。

4. As Dr Smith left he said that the inquiry was something of a red herring.

史密斯博士离开时说这次调查只是为掩人耳目。

5. The warden took us to a vantage point on the slopes where we saw herring gulls on the rocks below.

管理员把我们带到斜坡上的一处有利位置，我们从那里看到了下面岩石上的银鸥。