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单词 oyster-banks
释义

oyster /oiˈstər/

noun
  1. A bivalve shellfish (genus Ostrea) used as food
  2. Any of several similar related molluscs, such as the pearl oyster
  3. An oyster-shaped piece of meat
  4. A secretive person (informal)
  5. A source of advantage
  6. The colour of an oyster, a pale greyish beige or pink
adjective

Of this colour

intransitive verb

To fish for oysters

ORIGIN: OFr oistre (Fr huître), from L ostrea, from Gr ostreon an oyster, from osteon a bone

oysˈter-bank, -bed, -farm, -field, -park noun

A place where oysters breed or are bred

oysˈter-catcher noun

A black-and-white wading bird, with red bill and feet, feeding on limpets and mussels (not oysters), also known as the sea pie

oysˈter-fishˈery noun

  1. The business of catching oysters
  2. A place where oysters are caught or farmed

oysˈter-knife noun

A knife for opening oysters

oyster mushroom noun

An edible fungus (Pleurotus ostreatus or related species) found esp in clusters on dead wood

oysˈter-pattˈy noun

A small pie or pasty made from oysters

oyster plant noun

Salsify, or a seaside boraginaceous plant (Mertensia maritima), both supposed to taste like oysters

oysˈter-shell noun

The shell of an oyster

oysˈter-tongs plural noun

A tool for gathering oysters

oysˈter-wench, -wife or -woman noun (all obsolete)

A woman who sells oysters

the world is my (Shakespeare world's mine), his, etc, oyster

The world lies before me, etc, ready to yield profit or success

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