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

• Situation and Development of the Crawfish Export
  对出口淡水龙虾行业现状与发展中若干问题的探讨
• In recent years, driven by the modern concept of health, the crawfish gradually embarked on the table, people have more and more profound understanding of the value of the crayfish, the number of people who eating crayfish is also increasing.
  近年来，在现代养生理念的驱使下，小龙虾走上了餐桌，人们对小龙虾的价值有了越来越深刻的认识，食用小龙虾的人也日趋增多。
• "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。”
• 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。
• "We are looking at trying to extend the crawfish season," he said.
  我们正在努力延长这种小龙虾的生长季节。
• "This is that alternative species of crawfish," said Lutz.
  这是小龙虾的替代品种。
• 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。
• 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。
• Louisiana's Crawfish ( Procambarus clarkii) Farming Industry in United States
  美国路易斯安那州的克氏原螯虾产业发展概述
• 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。