crayfish

FREQ #31943

n. 小龙虾

发音

US /ˈkɹeɪˌfɪʃ/
AU /ˈkɹeɪˌfɪʃ/

词形变化

crayfishes 复数 crayfishes crayfished crayfishes 三单 crayfishing crayfishing 现在分词 crayfished 过去式 crayfished 过去分词

别名

crawfish craifish crafish crefish crevis crevyssh

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.

  2. 2.

    Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.

    A freshwater crustacean (family Cambaridae), sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.

    小龙虾

    蝲蛄

  3. 3.

    A rock lobster (family Palinuridae).

    澳大利亚 新西兰 南非
  4. 4.

    A freshwater crayfish (family Parastacidae), such as the gilgie, marron, or yabby.

    澳大利亚
  5. 5.

    The species Thenus orientalis of the slipper lobster family (Scyllaridae).

    新加坡
v.
  1. 1.

    To catch crayfish.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    Alternative spelling of crawfish (to backpedal, desert, or withdraw).

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

crawfish crawdad langouste rock lobster spiny lobster crawdaddy

上位词 3

lobster shellfish Decapod

部分词 3

langouste rock lobster spiny lobster

整体词 4

crawfish langouste rock lobster spiny lobster

相关短语

crayfish snake crayfish snakes Crayfish Creek signal crayfish marbled crayfish freshwater crayfish sea crayfish [医]龙虾, 螯虾 sea-crayfish

词源

Alteration (by folk etymological influence of fish) of Middle English crevis (whence modern dialectal crevis), from Old French crevice ("crayfish"; > Modern French: écrevisse), from Frankish *krebitja (“crayfish”), diminutive of Frankish *krebit (“crab”), from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz (“crab, cancer”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-, *grebʰ- (“to scratch, crawl”), or from a substrate word folk-etymologically influenced by this root. Akin to Old High German krebiz (Modern German Krebs (“crustacean, crab, crayfish”)), Middle Low German krēvet (“crab, crayfish”), Dutch kreeft (“crayfish, lobster”), Old English crabba (“crab”). More at crab. Doublet of crevette, crevis, and Krebs.

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