英语单词 | crab |
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英美音标 | 英 [kræb] 美 [kræb] |
中文释义 | n.蟹;阴虱;爱争吵的人;[植]山楂子 v.捕蟹;使横行;批评;抱怨 |
英语例句 | (1) All the shops on the seafront had crab for sale. (2) A crab was left stranded on the beach when the tide ebbed. (3) My neighbor is such an old crab. |
中文例句 | (1) 海滨地区的全部商店都出售蟹。 (2) 退潮时,一只蟹被困留在沙滩上。 (3) 我的邻居可真是个爱争吵的人。 |
vocabulary简明 | A crab is a stubby sea creature with a flat body, eight legs, and claws. You can sometimes find tiny crabs in the sand on the beach. |
vocabulary扩展 | Crabs have a thick, shell-like covering called an "exoskeleton," and you can find them in both fresh and saltwater. Some types of crab are considered a delicacy, with sweet, delicate flesh often called "crab meat." There are many shelled sea creatures with crab in their names, like horseshoe crabs and hermit crabs, that aren't true crabs. The word crab comes from a Germanic root related to the Low German krabben, "to claw." |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [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.
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