crawfish

英 [ˈkrɔːfɪʃ]

美 [ˈkrɔːfɪʃ]

n.  螯虾

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柯林斯词典

• 淡水螯虾
  Acrawfishis a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crawfish.

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 crayfish

英英释义

noun

• large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
  Synonym:spiny lobsterlangousterock lobstercrayfishsea crawfish
• small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
  Synonym:crayfishcrawdadcrawdaddy
• tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
  Synonym:crayfishcrawdadecrevisse

verb

• make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
  1. We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him
  2. He backed out of his earlier promise
  3. The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns
  Synonym:retreatpull backback outback awaycrawfish outpull in one's hornswithdraw

双语例句

• Both species of crawfish occur naturally in the Mid-Atlantic region, but crawfish farming is a very recent development here.
  两种小龙虾都天然出现在中大西洋地区，不过最近小龙虾的养殖在此地有所发展。
• Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo.
  还有什锦菜，秋葵肉片，小龙虾派。
• All tired out, they reached the red crawfish inn.
  总算来到红虾旅店，大家都快累死了。
• We'll just have to crawfish out of shaking hands with them.
  我们只有结束跟他们的友好关系。
• Small, shallow ponds have been stocked with red swamp crawfish and are managed for commercial production.
  又小又浅的池塘里挤满了克氏螯虾，并被用于商业化的养殖。
• Last weekend, I found some crawfish tails and boiled whole crawfish at a grocery store, and was about to buy some.
  上周，我见到一些小龙虾，在杂货店整个蒸煮，打算买点。
• Crawfish farmers in New Orleans use them for temperature control on the way to the market.
  向市场运送小龙虾的途中，新奥尔良农民使用它们来控制温度。
• The practice of entering household on science and technology about freshwater crawfish culture in Jiangsu province The true hazel eye-and so brilliant!
  江苏省淡水小龙虾养殖技术科技入户的实践真正淡褐色的眼睛，而且总是那么熠熠放光！
• "It must be awful to dream of starvation after a seven-course dinner including that enormous crawfish."
  “晚饭吃了七道菜，包括一只大龙虾，夜里睡觉还要梦见挨饿，一定是非常可怕的。”
• High-efficient Complementary Technologies for 'Double Chain' Type Eco-agriculture Model Forest-Forage grass-Goose-Red swamp crawfish
  双链型林-牧草-鹅-龙虾生态农业模式的高效配套技术