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

• 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 in shell Exerting a Leading Function of the Research and Development Center to Upgrading Tea Industry
  带壳小龙虾，带壳淡水螯虾发挥龙头带头作用，提升茶叶产业水平
• Exports: fish and crawfish, rum, salt, chemicals, fruit and vegetables.
  出口：鱼和小龙虾，朗姆洒，盐，化工，水果蔬菜。
• Their hard outer shell, called the exoskeleton, does not grow with the crawfish and is shed periodically.
  它们坚硬的外壳，叫做外骨骼，不会随着小龙虾的成长而生长，而会周期性蜕落。
• 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。
• They lay their eggs in the winter and early spring and they grow all through the summer, so the ideal would be to have crawfish just in time for football season.
  他们在冬季和早春季节产卵，在整个夏季生长，所以，可以及时提供足球赛季的小龙虾。
• We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him; he backed out of his earlier promise.
  我们必须要从见他的活动中撤退；他从他早些时候的。
• 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。
• All tired out, they reached the red crawfish inn.
  总算来到红虾旅店，大家都快累死了。
• Louisiana State University Professor Greg Lutz has studied crawfish species and the industry for30 years.
  路易斯安那州立大学教授GregLutz研究小龙虾种类和该行业已经长达三十年代时间。