英语词汇“crab”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINcrab

Origin:

1-3 Old English crabba4 1800-1900 crabbed

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Alaskan king crabs
I'll have the crab cakes please.
She's such a crab.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Form into 10 large crab cakes.
In the confusion, many crabs lose their foothold, tumble into the water and are swept away.
It is fair to warn anglers that thousands of crabs soon make short work of rag and lugworm.
Not surprisingly, peeler crab is the best hookbait.
Sometimes you can find a Zebra flatworm sharing the snail shell with the hermit crab.
The fishing was great; you could pick up crabs off the beach.
The other crab, rather than being left homeless and therefore extremely vulnerable to predators, instantly jumped into the broken shell.
There was less interest in the crabs and squat lobsters, which I claimed as my niche and shared amicably with others.

WORD SETS► Biology

aerobic, adjectiveafterbirth, nounalgae, nounalimentary canal, nounamber, nounameba, nounamino acid, nounamoeba, nounanaconda, nounanaerobic, adjectiveandrogynous, adjectiveantibody, nounantigen, nounantitoxin, nounappendage, nounarm, nounarmour, nounasexual, adjectiveassimilation, nounatrophy, verbaviary, nounbacteria, nounbacteriology, nounbarnacle, nounbile, nounbinocular vision, nounbio-, prefixbiochemistry, nounbiodegradable, adjectivebiodiversity, nounbiohazard, nounbiological, adjectivebiological clock, nounbiology, nounbiomass, nounbiome, nounbiosphere, nounblind, nounbrain, nounbreathe, verbbreed, verbbreed, nounbreeding, nounbristle, nounbulb, nouncapsule, nouncarbohydrate, nouncarbon dioxide, nouncarnivore, nouncell, nouncellular, adjectivecellulose, nouncentral nervous system, nouncervical, adjectivecholesterol, nounchromosome, nouncirculation, nouncirculatory, adjectiveclass, nounclone, nouncold-blooded, adjectiveconceive, verbconch, nounconnective tissue, nouncopulate, verbcoral reef, nouncornea, nouncoronary, adjectivecorpuscle, nouncortex, nouncortisone, nouncowrie, nouncrab, nouncrawfish, nouncrayfish, nouncreature, nouncross, verbcrossbreed, nounculture, nouncytoplasm, noundecay, verbdecay, noundecompose, verbdefecate, verbdenizen, noundextrose, noundiaphragm, noundigest, verbdigestion, noundigestive, adjectiveDNA, noundorsal, adjectivedry rot, nounduct, noundwarf, noundwarf, adjectiveecological, adjectiveecology, nounecosystem, nounegg, nounejaculate, verbembryo, nounembryonic, adjectiveenzyme, nounepidermis, nounevolution, nounevolutionary, adjectiveexcrement, nounexcrescence, nounexcrete, verbexcretion, nounexhale, verbexoskeleton, nounextinction, nounfaeces, nounfamily, nounfang, nounfat, nounfatty acid, nounfauna, nounfeces, nounfeed, verbfemale, adjectivefemale, nounferment, verbferment, nounfertile, adjectivefertility, nounfertilize, verbfission, nounflank, nounflatulence, nounflesh, nounfleshy, adjectiveflightless, adjectiveflora, nounfoetal, adjectivefoetus, nounfoliage, nounfossil, nounfreak, nounfreshwater, adjectivefructose, noungamete, nounganglion, noungene, noungene pool, noungenera, genetic, adjectivegenetic code, noungenetic engineering, noungenetic fingerprinting, noungenetics, noungenome, noungenus, noungestation, noungland, nounglandular, adjectiveglucose, noungluten, noungonad, noungrass snake, noungrow, verbgrowth, nounhabitat, nounhaemoglobin, nounhearing, nounheart, nounhemisphere, nounherbivore, nounhereditary, adjectiveheredity, nounhermaphrodite, nounhibernate, verbhistamine, nounhoming, adjectivehormone, nounhost, nounimpregnate, verbimpulse, nounincubate, verbindigenous, adjectiveinfected, adjectiveinfertile, adjectiveinfest, verbingest, verbinhale, verbinseminate, verbinsensate, adjectiveinsulin, nounintegument, nounintercourse, nouninterferon, nounintestine, nouninvertebrate, nouninvoluntary, adjectiveiris, nounjaw, nounjelly, nounkidney, nounkrill, nounlactate, verblactation, nounlactic acid, nounleech, nounleg, nounlesser, adjectivelichen, nounlife, nounlife cycle, nounlife form, nounligament, nounlimb, nounlimpet, nounlipid, nounliver, nounliving fossil, nounlocomotion, nounlymph, nounlymph node, nounmale, adjectivemale, nounmammal, nounmandible, nounmate, nounmate, verbmembrane, nounmetabolism, nounmetabolize, verbmetamorphosis, nounmicrobe, nounmicrobiology, nounmicroorganism, nounmicroscopic, adjectivemigrate, verbmigratory, adjectivemiscarriage, nounmolar, nounmorphology, nounmotor, adjectivemould, nounmouth, nounmucous membrane, nounmucus, nounmulticellular, adjectivemuscle, nounmuscular, adjectivemutant, nounmutate, verbmutation, nounnatural history, nounnatural selection, nounnature, nounneck, nounnectar, nounnerve, nounnervous, adjectivenervous system, nounneural, adjectiveneuro-, prefixneurology, nounnode, nounnose, nounnostril, nounnucleic acid, nounnucleus, nounnutrient, nounnutriment, nounoesophagus, nounoestrogen, nounolfactory, adjectiveoptic, adjectiveorgan, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic chemistry, nounorganism, nounorifice, nounossify, verbosteo-, prefixoutgrowth, nounova, ovary, nounoverwinter, verboviduct, nounoviparous, adjectiveovulate, verbovum, nounparasite, nounpathogen, nounpedigree, nounpelvic, adjectivepelvis, nounpenile, adjectivepenis, nounpepsin, nounperiod, nounperspiration, nounperspire, verbphotosynthesis, nounphylum, nounpigment, nounpigmentation, nounplankton, nounplasma, nounpollinate, verbpostnatal, adjectivepregnancy, nounpregnant, adjectivepremature, adjectiveprenatal, adjectiveproduct, nounproliferation, nounpropagate, verbprotein, nounprotoplasm, nounprotozoan, nounpuberty, nounpulmonary, adjectivepulp, nounpulsation, nounputrefy, verbputrid, adjectivered blood cell, nounregurgitate, verbrenal, adjectivereproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectiverespiration, nounrespiratory, adjectiverespire, verbretina, nounroot, nounrot, verbrot, nounruff, nounsac, nounsaliva, nounsalivary gland, nounsalivate, verbsaltwater, adjectivescale, nounscallop, nounscaly, adjectivesebaceous, adjectivesecrete, verbsecretion, nounsemen, nounsense organ, nounsensory, adjectiveserum, nounsex, nounsex, verbsexless, adjectivesexual intercourse, nounsheath, nounshell, nounsibling, nounskeletal, adjectiveskeleton, nounskin, nounskull, nounspasm, nounspasmodic, adjectivespecies, nounspecimen, nounsperm, nounspiderweb, nounspinal cord, nounspine, nounspineless, adjectivestarch, nounstem cell, nounstimulate, verbstimulus, nounstrain, nounsubject, nounsubspecies, nounsucker, nounsucrose, nounsweat, verbsweat, nounsweat gland, nounsymbiosis, nounsystemic, adjectivetail, nountaxonomy, nounteeth, testosterone, nountest-tube baby, nountissue, nountrachea, nountube, noununicellular, adjectiveurethra, nounuric, adjectiveurinate, verburine, nounvariety, nounvector, nounvein, nounvenom, nounvenomous, adjectiveventricle, nounvertebra, nounvertebrate, nounvivisection, nounwarm-blooded, adjectivewean, verbwildlife, nounwindpipe, nounyolk, noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► blue

· The body meat of the blue crab is white, that of the claws, brownish.· Soft-shelled crabs are blue crabs taken after the hard shell has been discarded and the new one is still soft.· He used to fish for blue crab in the river and sell them for a nickel apiece.

NOUN► apple

· Whenever possible use four parts of eating apples with two parts of cooking apples or crab apples.· We moved away from the house maybe thirty feet to where there were some low crab apples, and waited.· The result: plenty of fresh produce for the kitchen and such delights as crab apple and quince jellies and pickled walnuts.· I picked one and threw it at a crab apple tree.· We've planted every kind of native tree you could think of in a hedge, including crab apple and wayfarer tree.· And then a crab apple flew in and bounced a few feet from Pinky.· Certainly each of the six crab apples planted in my garden earn their keep in wildlife and ornamental terms.· I picked the biggest tomato I saw and took out a few more crab apples.

► cake

· Guests began with crab cakes, caviar, creme fraiche, smoked salmon and mini beef wellingtons.· Form into 10 large crab cakes.· I am having a blast, as I crunch on crab cakes with jicama slaw and lemon chive aioli.· Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke is putting up a crab cake dinner, and a tour of Baltimore.· The happy hour food menu includes hot wings, chicken quesadillas, onion rings and crab cakes, among others.· Pan-fried Louisiana crab cakes with remoulade sauce and Cobb salad with creamy tarragon sauce are perennial lunchtime favorites.

► hermit

· Anyone who has tried to remove a hermit crab from its shell will know how tenacious these creatures can be.· Sometimes you can find a Zebra flatworm sharing the snail shell with the hermit crab.· A hermit crab sticks sand and weed on its shell, and all Jay's glitz was camouflage.· Small hermit crabs are readily available where there is ocean water and their value as scavengers makes them worth considering.· A hermit crab carrying a sea anemone around on its shell.· What soothes me is lying on my belly at the edge of the water, watching hermit crabs.· Suitably sized shells are often in short supply and in some areas this limits the hermit crab population.· But the cowbird and hermit crab can make no such claims.

► horseshoe

· One relation alone survives, the horseshoe crab.· But beneath its shell, the segmented character of the horseshoe crab is clear.· The horseshoe crab is preserved on a flat-bedded limestone.· Perhaps this is why the horseshoe crabs developed the habit.· The living horseshoe crab, Limulus; compare with Fig. 38.

► king

· The giant king crabs choose nights when the tide is highest and the moon full.· The king crabs have a nearly circular carapace, beneath which powerful legs helped the animal to swim and catch prey.

► meat

· It might make them crab meat.· Pick crab meat for any shells.· In the center of the sphere find the prize, a chunk of sweet crab meat.· Gently fold in crab meat, avoiding breaking lumps.· Canned crab meat, precooked and frozen crab meat, and precooked and frozen crab dishes are widely available.· Some dishes just have it all, and this chicken with crab meat is one of them.

单词	crab
释义	crabcrab /kræb/ ●●○ noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINcrab Origin: 1-3 Old English crabba4 1800-1900 crabbed Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Alaskan king crabs I'll have the crab cakes please. She's such a crab. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Form into 10 large crab cakes. In the confusion, many crabs lose their foothold, tumble into the water and are swept away. It is fair to warn anglers that thousands of crabs soon make short work of rag and lugworm. Not surprisingly, peeler crab is the best hookbait. Sometimes you can find a Zebra flatworm sharing the snail shell with the hermit crab. The fishing was great; you could pick up crabs off the beach. The other crab, rather than being left homeless and therefore extremely vulnerable to predators, instantly jumped into the broken shell. There was less interest in the crabs and squat lobsters, which I claimed as my niche and shared amicably with others. word sets WORD SETS► Biology aerobic, adjectiveafterbirth, nounalgae, nounalimentary canal, nounamber, nounameba, nounamino acid, nounamoeba, nounanaconda, nounanaerobic, adjectiveandrogynous, adjectiveantibody, nounantigen, nounantitoxin, nounappendage, nounarm, nounarmour, nounasexual, adjectiveassimilation, nounatrophy, verbaviary, nounbacteria, nounbacteriology, nounbarnacle, nounbile, nounbinocular vision, nounbio-, prefixbiochemistry, nounbiodegradable, adjectivebiodiversity, nounbiohazard, nounbiological, adjectivebiological clock, nounbiology, nounbiomass, nounbiome, nounbiosphere, nounblind, nounbrain, nounbreathe, verbbreed, verbbreed, nounbreeding, nounbristle, nounbulb, nouncapsule, nouncarbohydrate, nouncarbon dioxide, nouncarnivore, nouncell, nouncellular, adjectivecellulose, nouncentral nervous system, nouncervical, adjectivecholesterol, nounchromosome, nouncirculation, nouncirculatory, adjectiveclass, nounclone, nouncold-blooded, adjectiveconceive, verbconch, nounconnective tissue, nouncopulate, verbcoral reef, nouncornea, nouncoronary, adjectivecorpuscle, nouncortex, nouncortisone, nouncowrie, nouncrab, nouncrawfish, nouncrayfish, nouncreature, nouncross, verbcrossbreed, nounculture, nouncytoplasm, noundecay, verbdecay, noundecompose, verbdefecate, verbdenizen, noundextrose, noundiaphragm, noundigest, verbdigestion, noundigestive, adjectiveDNA, noundorsal, adjectivedry rot, nounduct, noundwarf, noundwarf, adjectiveecological, adjectiveecology, nounecosystem, nounegg, nounejaculate, verbembryo, nounembryonic, adjectiveenzyme, nounepidermis, nounevolution, nounevolutionary, adjectiveexcrement, nounexcrescence, nounexcrete, verbexcretion, nounexhale, verbexoskeleton, nounextinction, nounfaeces, nounfamily, nounfang, nounfat, nounfatty acid, nounfauna, nounfeces, nounfeed, verbfemale, adjectivefemale, nounferment, verbferment, nounfertile, adjectivefertility, nounfertilize, verbfission, nounflank, nounflatulence, nounflesh, nounfleshy, adjectiveflightless, adjectiveflora, nounfoetal, adjectivefoetus, nounfoliage, nounfossil, nounfreak, nounfreshwater, adjectivefructose, noungamete, nounganglion, noungene, noungene pool, noungenera, genetic, adjectivegenetic code, noungenetic engineering, noungenetic fingerprinting, noungenetics, noungenome, noungenus, noungestation, noungland, nounglandular, adjectiveglucose, noungluten, noungonad, noungrass snake, noungrow, verbgrowth, nounhabitat, nounhaemoglobin, nounhearing, nounheart, nounhemisphere, nounherbivore, nounhereditary, adjectiveheredity, nounhermaphrodite, nounhibernate, verbhistamine, nounhoming, adjectivehormone, nounhost, nounimpregnate, verbimpulse, nounincubate, verbindigenous, adjectiveinfected, adjectiveinfertile, adjectiveinfest, verbingest, verbinhale, verbinseminate, verbinsensate, adjectiveinsulin, nounintegument, nounintercourse, nouninterferon, nounintestine, nouninvertebrate, nouninvoluntary, adjectiveiris, nounjaw, nounjelly, nounkidney, nounkrill, nounlactate, verblactation, nounlactic acid, nounleech, nounleg, nounlesser, adjectivelichen, nounlife, nounlife cycle, nounlife form, nounligament, nounlimb, nounlimpet, nounlipid, nounliver, nounliving fossil, nounlocomotion, nounlymph, nounlymph node, nounmale, adjectivemale, nounmammal, nounmandible, nounmate, nounmate, verbmembrane, nounmetabolism, nounmetabolize, verbmetamorphosis, nounmicrobe, nounmicrobiology, nounmicroorganism, nounmicroscopic, adjectivemigrate, verbmigratory, adjectivemiscarriage, nounmolar, nounmorphology, nounmotor, adjectivemould, nounmouth, nounmucous membrane, nounmucus, nounmulticellular, adjectivemuscle, nounmuscular, adjectivemutant, nounmutate, verbmutation, nounnatural history, nounnatural selection, nounnature, nounneck, nounnectar, nounnerve, nounnervous, adjectivenervous system, nounneural, adjectiveneuro-, prefixneurology, nounnode, nounnose, nounnostril, nounnucleic acid, nounnucleus, nounnutrient, nounnutriment, nounoesophagus, nounoestrogen, nounolfactory, adjectiveoptic, adjectiveorgan, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic chemistry, nounorganism, nounorifice, nounossify, verbosteo-, prefixoutgrowth, nounova, ovary, nounoverwinter, verboviduct, nounoviparous, adjectiveovulate, verbovum, nounparasite, nounpathogen, nounpedigree, nounpelvic, adjectivepelvis, nounpenile, adjectivepenis, nounpepsin, nounperiod, nounperspiration, nounperspire, verbphotosynthesis, nounphylum, nounpigment, nounpigmentation, nounplankton, nounplasma, nounpollinate, verbpostnatal, adjectivepregnancy, nounpregnant, adjectivepremature, adjectiveprenatal, adjectiveproduct, nounproliferation, nounpropagate, verbprotein, nounprotoplasm, nounprotozoan, nounpuberty, nounpulmonary, adjectivepulp, nounpulsation, nounputrefy, verbputrid, adjectivered blood cell, nounregurgitate, verbrenal, adjectivereproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectiverespiration, nounrespiratory, adjectiverespire, verbretina, nounroot, nounrot, verbrot, nounruff, nounsac, nounsaliva, nounsalivary gland, nounsalivate, verbsaltwater, adjectivescale, nounscallop, nounscaly, adjectivesebaceous, adjectivesecrete, verbsecretion, nounsemen, nounsense organ, nounsensory, adjectiveserum, nounsex, nounsex, verbsexless, adjectivesexual intercourse, nounsheath, nounshell, nounsibling, nounskeletal, adjectiveskeleton, nounskin, nounskull, nounspasm, nounspasmodic, adjectivespecies, nounspecimen, nounsperm, nounspiderweb, nounspinal cord, nounspine, nounspineless, adjectivestarch, nounstem cell, nounstimulate, verbstimulus, nounstrain, nounsubject, nounsubspecies, nounsucker, nounsucrose, nounsweat, verbsweat, nounsweat gland, nounsymbiosis, nounsystemic, adjectivetail, nountaxonomy, nounteeth, testosterone, nountest-tube baby, nountissue, nountrachea, nountube, noununicellular, adjectiveurethra, nounuric, adjectiveurinate, verburine, nounvariety, nounvector, nounvein, nounvenom, nounvenomous, adjectiveventricle, nounvertebra, nounvertebrate, nounvivisection, nounwarm-blooded, adjectivewean, verbwildlife, nounwindpipe, nounyolk, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► blue · The body meat of the blue crab is white, that of the claws, brownish.· Soft-shelled crabs are blue crabs taken after the hard shell has been discarded and the new one is still soft.· He used to fish for blue crab in the river and sell them for a nickel apiece. NOUN► apple · Whenever possible use four parts of eating apples with two parts of cooking apples or crab apples.· We moved away from the house maybe thirty feet to where there were some low crab apples, and waited.· The result: plenty of fresh produce for the kitchen and such delights as crab apple and quince jellies and pickled walnuts.· I picked one and threw it at a crab apple tree.· We've planted every kind of native tree you could think of in a hedge, including crab apple and wayfarer tree.· And then a crab apple flew in and bounced a few feet from Pinky.· Certainly each of the six crab apples planted in my garden earn their keep in wildlife and ornamental terms.· I picked the biggest tomato I saw and took out a few more crab apples. ► cake · Guests began with crab cakes, caviar, creme fraiche, smoked salmon and mini beef wellingtons.· Form into 10 large crab cakes.· I am having a blast, as I crunch on crab cakes with jicama slaw and lemon chive aioli.· Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke is putting up a crab cake dinner, and a tour of Baltimore.· The happy hour food menu includes hot wings, chicken quesadillas, onion rings and crab cakes, among others.· Pan-fried Louisiana crab cakes with remoulade sauce and Cobb salad with creamy tarragon sauce are perennial lunchtime favorites. ► hermit · Anyone who has tried to remove a hermit crab from its shell will know how tenacious these creatures can be.· Sometimes you can find a Zebra flatworm sharing the snail shell with the hermit crab.· A hermit crab sticks sand and weed on its shell, and all Jay's glitz was camouflage.· Small hermit crabs are readily available where there is ocean water and their value as scavengers makes them worth considering.· A hermit crab carrying a sea anemone around on its shell.· What soothes me is lying on my belly at the edge of the water, watching hermit crabs.· Suitably sized shells are often in short supply and in some areas this limits the hermit crab population.· But the cowbird and hermit crab can make no such claims. ► horseshoe · One relation alone survives, the horseshoe crab.· But beneath its shell, the segmented character of the horseshoe crab is clear.· The horseshoe crab is preserved on a flat-bedded limestone.· Perhaps this is why the horseshoe crabs developed the habit.· The living horseshoe crab, Limulus; compare with Fig. 38. ► king · The giant king crabs choose nights when the tide is highest and the moon full.· The king crabs have a nearly circular carapace, beneath which powerful legs helped the animal to swim and catch prey. ► meat · It might make them crab meat.· Pick crab meat for any shells.· In the center of the sphere find the prize, a chunk of sweet crab meat.· Gently fold in crab meat, avoiding breaking lumps.· Canned crab meat, precooked and frozen crab meat, and precooked and frozen crab dishes are widely available.· Some dishes just have it all, and this chicken with crab meat is one of them. 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
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