| 单词 | crab |
| 释义 | crab (once / 1154 pages) 1nv 2n 3nv 4n A crab is a stubby sea creature with a flat body, eight legs, and claws. You can sometimes find tiny crabs in the sand on the beach. Crabs have a thick, shell-like covering called an "exoskeleton," and you can find them in both fresh and saltwater. Some types of crab are considered a delicacy, with sweet, delicate flesh often called "crab meat." There are many shelled sea creatures with crab in their names, like horseshoe crabs and hermit crabs, that aren't true crabs. The word crab comes from a Germanic root related to the Low German krabben, "to claw." WORD FAMILYcrab: crabbed, crabbing, crabby, crabs+/crabbed: crabbeder, crabbedest, crabbedly, crabbedness/crabby: crabbier, crabbiest, crabbily, crabbiness USAGE EXAMPLESMoving into a new month there are still plenty of options to go fishing whether it’s for trout, Dungeness crab, squid or salmon. Seattle Times(Nov 30, 2016) Redfish are good in Redfish Bay on mullet and crabs. Washington Times(Nov 30, 2016) At Bad Saint, the leaves are kale, braised to a velvety tenderness and swaddled in Chesapeake crab meat. New York Times(Nov 29, 2016) 1 1n decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers Hypo|Hyper Menippe mercenaria, stone crab large edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida) hard-shell crabedible crab that has not recently molted and so has a hard shell soft-shell crab, soft-shelled crabedible crab that has recently molted and not yet formed its new shell Cancer magister, Dungeness crabsmall edible crab of Pacific coast of North America Cancer irroratus, rock crabcrab of eastern coast of North America Cancer borealis, Jonah crablarge red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North America swimming crabmarine crab with some legs flattened and fringed for swimming fiddler crabburrowing crab of American coastal regions having one claw much enlarged in the male pea crabtiny soft-bodied crab living commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve mollusks Alaska crab, Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, Paralithodes camtschatica, king crablarge edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan spider crabany of numerous crabs with very long legs and small triangular bodies English lady crab, Portunus pubercrab of the English coasts American lady crab, Ovalipes ocellatus, calico crab, lady crabbrightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States Callinectes sapidus, blue crabbluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America Pinnotheres ostreum, oyster crabtiny soft-bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters European spider crab, Maja squinado, king craba large spider crab of Europe Macrocheira kaempferi, giant crabvery large deep-water Japanese crab decapod, decapod crustacean crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax 2n the edible flesh of any of various crabs Syn|Hypo|Hyper crabmeat blue crab Atlantic crab; most common source of fresh crabmeat crab legslegs of especially Alaska king crabs soft-shell crab, soft-shelled crabfreshly molted crab with new shell still tender and flexible Japanese crabcrabmeat usually canned; from Japan Alaska crab, Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, king crabmeat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat Dungeness crabflesh of Cancer magister (Dungeness crab) stone crabpale flesh with delicate texture and flavor; found in Florida but now very rare shellfish meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean) 3v scurry sideways like a crab Hyper scamper, scurry, scuttle, skitter to move about or proceed hurriedly 4v direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind Hyper channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer direct the course; determine the direction of travelling 5v fish for crab 2Hyper fish catch or try to catch fish or shellfish n a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body 3Syn|Hyper Phthirius pubis, crab louse, pubic louse louse, sucking louse wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals 1n a quarrelsome grouch Syn|Hyper crabby person churl, crank, crosspatch, grouch, grump a bad-tempered person 2v complain 4Syn|Hyper beef, bellyache, bitch, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness n a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply he caught a crab and lost the race Hyper row, rowing the act of rowing as a sport Crab (once / 11668 pages) n WORD FAMILY Crab USAGE EXAMPLESCrab fishermen who are receiving $3 a pound say they won’t let others receive any less for the wildly popular seasonal food. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) Chinook and Crab for Christmas Eve is getting to be a tradition. Seattle Times(Dec 20, 2016) Crab harvesting from Tillamook Head north to the Columbia River remains open for now. Seattle Times(Nov 21, 2016) 1n the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22 Syn|Exp Cancer, Cancer the Crab house, mansion, planetary house, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided 2n (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer Syn|Hyper Cancer individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being |
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