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oyster
(ɔɪstəʳ)
Word forms: plural oysters
1. countable noun
An oyster is a large flat shellfish. Some oysters can be eaten and others produce valuable objects called pearls.
He had two dozen oysters and enjoyed every one of them.
2.
See the world is your oyster
oyster in British English
(ˈɔɪstə)
noun
1.
a.
any edible marine bivalve mollusc of the genus Ostrea, having a rough irregularly shaped shell and occurring on the sea bed, mostly in coastal waters
b.
(as modifier)
oyster farm
oyster knife
2.
any of various similar and related molluscs, such as the pearl oyster and the saddle oyster (Anomia ephippium)
3.
the oyster-shaped piece of dark meat in the hollow of the pelvic bone of a fowl
4.
something from which advantage, delight, profit, etc, may be derived
the world is his oyster
5. informal
a very uncommunicative person
verb
6. (intransitive)
to dredge for, gather, or raise oysters
Word origin
C14 oistre, from Old French uistre, from Latin ostrea, from Greek ostreon; related to Greek osteon bone, ostrakon shelloyster in American English
(ˈɔɪstər)
noun
1.
any of various bivalve mollusks with an irregularly shaped, unequal shell, living attached to rocks, other shells, etc., and widely used as food
2.
the soft, edible part of such a mollusk
3.
the oyster-shaped bit of meat contained in a depression on each side of the pelvic bone of a fowl
4.
something from which profit or advantage can be extracted
the world is my oyster
5. Informal
a taciturn person
verb intransitive
6.
to gather, raise, or dredge oysters
Word origin
OFr oistre < L ostrea < Gr ostreon, oyster; akin to osteon, a bone: see ossifyoyster in Hospitality
(ɔɪstər)
Word forms: (regular plural) oysters
noun
(Hospitality (hotel): Food and drink, fish and seafood)
An oyster is a large flat shellfish.
The restaurant specializes in oysters and other shellfish.
Oysters and mussels are served in their shells.
Open the shells of the oysters and collect the juice in a bowl.
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the world is your oyster
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Types of invertebrate, sauce, shellfishIn other languagesoyster
British English: oyster /ˈɔɪstə/ NOUN
An oyster is a large flat shellfish which produces pearls.
- American English: oyster
- Arabic: صَدَفَةٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: ostra
- Chinese: 蚝
- Croatian: kamenica
- Czech: ústřice
- Danish: østers
- Dutch: oester
- European Spanish: ostra
- Finnish: osteri
- French: huître
- German: Auster
- Greek: στρείδι
- Italian: ostrica
- Japanese: 牡蠣
- Korean: 굴 해산물
- Norwegian: østers
- Polish: ostryga
- European Portuguese: ostra
- Romanian: stridie
- Russian: устрица
- Latin American Spanish: ostra
- Swedish: ostron
- Thai: หอยนางรม
- Turkish: istiridye
- Ukrainian: устриця
- Vietnamese: con hàu
Chinese translation of 'oyster'
oyster
(ˈɔɪstəʳ)
n (c)
-
牡蛎(蠣)
(mǔlì) ,蚝(蠔)
(háo) (个(個), gè)the world is your oyster这(這)个(個)世界是你的
(zhège shìjiè shì nǐ de)