crawfish

英 [ˈkrɔːfɪʃ]

美 [ˈkrɔːfɪʃ]

n.  螯虾

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柯林斯词典

• 淡水螯虾
  Acrawfishis a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crawfish.

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 crayfish

英英释义

noun

• large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
  Synonym:spiny lobsterlangousterock lobstercrayfishsea crawfish
• small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
  Synonym:crayfishcrawdadcrawdaddy
• tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
  Synonym:crayfishcrawdadecrevisse

verb

• make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
  1. We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him
  2. He backed out of his earlier promise
  3. The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns
  Synonym:retreatpull backback outback awaycrawfish outpull in one's hornswithdraw

双语例句

• We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him; he backed out of his earlier promise.
  我们必须要从见他的活动中撤退；他从他早些时候的。
• Exports: fish and crawfish, rum, salt, chemicals, fruit and vegetables.
  出口：鱼和小龙虾，朗姆洒，盐，化工，水果蔬菜。
• Crawfish farmers in New Orleans use them for temperature control on the way to the market.
  向市场运送小龙虾的途中，新奥尔良农民使用它们来控制温度。
• In recent years, driven by the modern concept of health, the crawfish gradually embarked on the table, people have more and more profound understanding of the value of the crayfish, the number of people who eating crayfish is also increasing.
  近年来，在现代养生理念的驱使下，小龙虾走上了餐桌，人们对小龙虾的价值有了越来越深刻的认识，食用小龙虾的人也日趋增多。
• Situation and Development of the Crawfish Export
  对出口淡水龙虾行业现状与发展中若干问题的探讨
• This is to suggest prevention and control measures of chloramphenicol residue in crawfish.
  〔目的〕提出科学、可行的淡水小龙虾中氯霉素残留危害的预防与控制措施。
• "This is that alternative species of crawfish," said Lutz.
  这是小龙虾的替代品种。
• Small, shallow ponds have been stocked with red swamp crawfish and are managed for commercial production.
  又小又浅的池塘里挤满了克氏螯虾，并被用于商业化的养殖。
• "It must be awful to dream of starvation after a seven-course dinner including that enormous crawfish."
  “晚饭吃了七道菜，包括一只大龙虾，夜里睡觉还要梦见挨饿，一定是非常可怕的。”
• The initial report indicate it was lead to a cleaning powder used to clean the crawfish.
  有说小龙虾本身就是病菌的温床，有说是洗虾粉造成的。