[N-COUNT 可数名词]蟹;螃蟹 A crab is a sea creature with a flat round body covered by a shell, and five pairs of legs with large claws on the front pair. Crabs usually move sideways.
Crab is the flesh of this creature eaten as food.蟹肉
Oxford
crab/kræb; NAmEkræb/noun _crustaceans_comp.jpg _crab.jpg 1[countable ]a sea creature with a hard shell, eight legs and two pincers(= curved and pointed arms for catching and holding things). Crabsmove sideways on land. 蟹;螃蟹☞see also
hermit crab
2[uncountable ]meat from a crab,used for food 蟹肉◆dressed crab经加工的螃蟹3crabs( informal) the condition caused by having lice(called crab lice) in the hair around the genitals阴虱寄生病crabcrabscrabbedcrabbingcrab/kræb; NAmEkræb/
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crabcrab /kræb/ ●●○ noun
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1crab (1) [countable] a sea animal with a hard shell, five legs on each side, and two large claws → crustacean2[uncountable] the flesh of this animal that you can cook and eat: crab meat dressed crab (=prepared for eating)3crabs [plural] informal a medical condition in which a type of louse (=insect) is in the hair around sexual organs4[singular] American English informal someone who becomes annoyed easily about unimportant things
WDF
crab
[kræb]crabbed, crabbing, crabs
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crabs[3108]
蟹(94%),捕蟹(2%),抱怨(2%),阴虱(1%),使横行(1%)
n.螃蟹;蟹肉;脾气乖戾的人;起重机
vt.抱怨;破坏;使偏航
vi.捕蟹;发牢骚;抱怨
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