单词 | shrimp |
释义 | shrimp n. & v. --n   1. (pl. same or shrimps) any of various small (esp. marine) edible crustaceans, with ten legs, grey-green when alive and pink when boiled.   2. colloq. a very small slight person. --vintr. go catching shrimps. Phrases and idioms shrimp plant an evergreen shrub, Justicia brandegeana, bearing small white flowers in clusters of pinkish-brown bracts. Derivatives shrimper n. Etymology: ME, prob. rel. to MLG schrempen wrinkle, MHG schrimpfen contract, and SCRIMP |
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