| 释义 |
† ˈcrab-fish Obs.
= crab n.1 1.
a1400–50Alexander 3892 Now comes a company of Crabbe-fische, as calues gret. 1565Golding Ovid's Met. iv. (1593) 90 The crab-fish having caught his enemie..Doth clasp him in on every side with all his crooked cleas. 1606Sir G. Goosecappe iii. i. in Bullen O. Pl. III. 42, I lay my life some Crabfish has bitten thee by the tongue, thou speakest so backward still. 1753Chambers Cycl. Suppl. s.v. Crab, The common large crab-fish has its abode from twenty to forty fathom water. |