shellfish
大学
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n. 贝, 甲壳类水生物 [医] 牡蛎
发音
其它
/ˈʃɛl.fɪʃ/
US
/ˈʃɛl.fɪʃ/
词形变化
shellfishes
复数
shellfishes
教材释义与例句
名词
甲壳类动物;贝类等有壳的水生动物
释义与例句
n.
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A fisheries and colloquial term for an aquatic invertebrate having an inner or outer shell, such as a mollusc or crustacean, especially when edible.
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2.
A culinary and nutritional term for several groups of non-piscine, non-tetrapod, aquatic animals that are used as a food source. The term often exclusively refers to edible aquatic crustaceans, bivalve mollusks and cephalopod mollusks; but sometimes echinoderms may be included as well.
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词汇关系
词源
Inherited from Middle English schellefyssch, from Old English sċielfisċ. Equivalent to shell + fish.
来源:wiktionary