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单词 oyster
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oyster/ʹoystə/ noun

any of several species of edible marine invertebrate animal withs that have a rough irregular hinged shell that is and are found in coastal waters or estuaries: family Ostreidae

a pinkish white colour, sometimes with a greyish tone

a small mass of meat contained in a hollow of the pelvic bone on each side of the back of a fowl

the world is one's oyster

one has many opportunities [derived from the exchange between Sir John Falstaff and Pistol in Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor (1597) II.ii.4 ‘[Sir John] I will not lend thee a penny … [Pistol] Why then, the world's mine oyster, which I with sword will open.’]

[Middle English oistre via French and Latin from Greek ostreon]
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