Shrimp
[ʃrɪmp]
解释:
(noun.) small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible.
(verb.) fish for shrimp.
埃莉诺手打--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To contract; to shrink.
(v.) Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The larger kinds are called also prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.
(v.) In a more general sense, any species of the macruran tribe Caridea, or any species of the order Schizopoda, having a similar form.
(v.) In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and Brine.
(v.) Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt.
录入:洛根
解释:
n. a genus of edible crustaceans of the order Decapoda allied to lobsters crayfish and prawns: a little wizened or dwarfish person.—v.i. to catch shrimps.—ns. Shrimp′er one who catches shrimps; Shrimp′ing the act of catching shrimps; Shrimp′-net a small-meshed net on a hoop and pole for catching shrimps.
编辑:罗德里克
例句:
- What a shrimp it is, to be sure! 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- You're no admiral, you damned shrimp. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The principal productions of these towns,' says Mr. Pickwick, 'appear to be soldiers, sailors, Jews, chalk, shrimps, officers, and dockyard men. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Con-signed in a safe quarter,' replied George, wringing the heads off half a dozen shrimps, and swallowing them without any more ado. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
录入:普勒斯顿