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

单词

crab-lice

释义

crab¹ /krab/

noun

Any of the marine decapod crustaceans, having a wide, flat carapace in which the abdomen is folded under the cephalothorax
Its flesh as food
(with cap and the) Cancer
A portable winch
A crab-louse
(in pl) infestation by crab-lice (informal)

intransitive verb (crabbˈing; crabbed)

ORIGIN: OE crabba; Ger Krebs

crabbˈer noun

A crab fisherman

crabbˈy adjective

Crablike

crabˈlike adjective

crabˈwise adjective and adverb

With sideways motion like a crab's

crab canon noun (music)

A canon in which the notes of the theme are repeated in reverse order

crabˈ-eater noun

crabˈ-faced adjective

Having a peevish expression

crab grass noun

Any of several weedy annual grasses of the genus Digitaria which take root freely in lawns and gardens

crabˈ-louse noun

A crab-shaped parasitic louse (Pthirus pubis) infesting the hair of the pubis, etc in humans

Crab Nebula noun

The expanding cloud of gas in the constellation of Taurus, being the remains of a supernova observed in 1054AD

crab'sˈ-eyes or crabˈ-stones plural noun

Prayer-beads, the scarlet and black seeds of the Indian liquorice tree (Abrus precatorius)
A limy concretion in the crayfish's stomach

crabˈ-sīˈdle intransitive verb

To go sideways like a crab

crab stick noun

A stick-shaped piece of processed fish, coloured and flavoured to resemble crab meat

crabˈ-yaws plural noun

Yaws on the soles and palms

catch a crab (rowing)

To sink the oar too deeply (or not enough) in the water and fall back in consequence

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