单词 | yabby |
释义 | yabby in British English or yabbie (ˈjæbɪ) Australian nounWord forms: plural -bies 1. a small freshwater crayfish of the genus Cherax, esp C. destructor 2. Also called: nipper a marine prawn used as bait verbWord forms: -bies, -bying or -bied 3. (intransitive) to go out to catch yabbies Word origin from a native Australian languageyabby in American English (ˈjæbi) noun a small Australian crayfish, of the genus Cherax, inhabiting streams and water holes Word origin [1890–95; ‹ Wergaia (Australian Aboriginal language spoken around Wimmera, Victoria)yabij]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blip, historicism, neoclassicism, plein-air, pogey |
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