英语词汇“crab”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
释义	Trends of crab View usage for: crab (kræb) Word forms: plural crabs countable noun A crab is a sea creature with a flat round body covered by a shell, and five pairs of legs with large claws on the front pair. Crabs usually move sideways. Crab is the flesh of this creature eaten as food. crab in British English 1 (kræb) noun 1. any chiefly marine decapod crustacean of the genus Cancer and related genera (section Brachyura), having a broad flattened carapace covering the cephalothorax, beneath which is folded the abdomen. The first pair of limbs are modified as pincers See also fiddler crab, soft-shell crab, pea crab, oyster crab ▶ Related adjective: cancroid 2. any of various similar or related arthropods, such as the hermit crab and horseshoe crab 3. short for crab louse 4. a manoeuvre in which an aircraft flies slightly into the crosswind to compensate for drift 5. a mechanical lifting device, esp the travelling hoist of a gantry crane 6. wrestling Boston crab 7. catch a crab verbWord forms: crabs, crabbing or crabbed 8. (intransitive) to hunt or catch crabs 9. (transitive) to fly (an aircraft) slightly into a crosswind to compensate for drift 10. (intransitive) nautical to move forwards with a slight sideways motion, as to overcome an offsetting current 11. (intransitive) to move sideways Word origin Old English crabba; related to Old Norse krabbi, Old High German krebiz crab, Dutch krabben to scratch crab in British English 2 (kræb) informal verbWord forms: crabs, crabbing or crabbed 1. (intransitive) to find fault; grumble 2. (transitive) mainly US to spoil (esp in the phrase crab someone's act) noun 3. an irritable person 4. draw the crabs Word origin C16: probably back formation from crabbed crab in British English 3 (kræb) noun short for crab apple Word origin C15: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish skrabbe crab apple Crab in British English (kræb) noun the Crab crab in American English 1 (kræb) noun 1. any of various decapods with four pairs of legs, one pair of pincers, a flattish shell, and a short, broad abdomen folded under its thorax 2. any of other similar arthropods, as the horseshoe crab 3. the edible part of a crab 4. a. crab louse b. [pl.]; Informal infestation by crab lice , often with the 5. any of various machines for hoisting heavy weights 6. Aeronautics the apparent sideways motion of an aircraft with respect to the ground when headed into a crosswind verb intransitiveWord forms: crabbed or ˈcrabbing 7. to fish for crabs; catch crabs verb transitive 8. Aeronautics to head (an aircraft) into a crosswind in order to counteract drift, thus causing apparent sideways motion with respect to the ground Idioms: catch a crab the Crab Derived forms crabber (ˈcrabber) noun Word origin ME crabbe < OE crabba < IE base grebh-, gerebh-, to scratch: see graphic crab in American English 2 (kræb) noun 1. crab apple 2. a person who has a sour temper or is always complaining adjective 3. of a crab apple or the tree that it grows on verb transitiveWord forms: crabbed or ˈcrabbing 4. Obsolete a. to irritate; vex b. to sour; embitter 5. Rare to find fault with; criticize verb intransitive 6. Informal to complain peevishly; grumble Idioms: crab one's act (the deal, etc.) Derived forms crabber (ˈcrabber) noun Word origin ME crabbe, akin ? to Scot scrabbe, Swed dial. scrabba, wild apple Image of crab © Valentyn Volkov, shutterstock Examples of 'crab' in a sentence crab Stir the rice into the vegetables then add the brown crab meat. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Stir in white crab meat and prawns. Times, Sunday Times (2017) White crab meat is a British delicacy. Times, Sunday Times (2016) In this one, chunks of white crab meat and plump tiger prawns vie for your fork's attention. Times, Sunday Times (2017) We're all like hermit crabs: little naked creatures that have found a suitable shell and decided to live inside it until it stops fitting. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The real dude moment was the soft shell crab burger. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Turn off the heat and stir in the brown crab meat. Times, Sunday Times (2010) They are not known to attack humans and live off crabs and lobsters. The Sun (2013) You can catch crabs from the quayside. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Scoop the brown meat out of the dressed crab and mix with the horseradish sauce and cream. The Sun (2014) There is more than a kilo of meat in each crab. Times, Sunday Times (2006) On offer are rice dishes plus fresh lobster and crab. Times, Sunday Times (2006) We have also been catching male crabs a lot earlier than usual. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Stir in the white crab meat and parsley. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Buy whole cooked crabs to eat with your fingers for lunch and dressed crabs to make fishcakes and sandwiches. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Three big slabs of toast heaped with very fresh crab were lightly dressed and had an exciting kick of chilli. Times, Sunday Times (2006) And the hermit crabs run free. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Also, how the humble horseshoe crab has survived since prehistoric times. The Sun (2016) My husband's crab had two large pieces of shell in it. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Don't throw away those crab shells. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Five large crab cakes, salad and chips. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Come on out, you hermit crabs. Times, Sunday Times (2015) They can call on salmon from the Pacific and lobster and crab from the east coast. Times, Sunday Times (2009) You can watch the daily catch of crabs in the morning or gaze at the multimillion-pound yachts. Times, Sunday Times (2013) After all, he is a hermit crab who predicts football results. Times, Sunday Times (2011) When the tide goes out, walk across the sands and collect crab shells left by the fishermen. The Sun (2014) It can also crab sideways, which means it can climb any surface and over anything in its way. The Sun (2014) He said: 'I went sideways like a crab. The Sun (2008) Sitting in the shade of a palm tree, I watched a crab creeping sideways on the sand. The Sun (2014) Word lists with crab related adjectives, terms used in aviation, crustacean, shellfish In other languages crab British English: crab /kræb/ NOUN A crab is a sea creature with a flat round body covered by a shell, and five pairs of legs with claws on the front pair. American English: crab Arabic: سَرَطَان Brazilian Portuguese: caranguejo Chinese: 螃蟹 Croatian: rak Czech: krab Danish: krabbe Dutch: kreeft dier European Spanish: cangrejo Finnish: taskurapu French: crabe German: Krabbe Greek: καβούρι Italian: granchio Japanese: カニ Korean: 게 Norwegian: krabbe Polish: krab European Portuguese: caranguejo Romanian: crab Russian: краб Latin American Spanish: cangrejo Swedish: krabba Thai: ปู Turkish: yengeç Ukrainian: краб Vietnamese: con cua All related terms of 'crab' blue crab any of a genus ( Callinectes ) of crabs , esp. a blue-legged, edible swimming species ( C. sapidus ) of the Atlantic coast of North America king crab a very large, edible spider crab ( Paralithodes camtschatica ) of the N Pacific land crab any of various crabs , esp of the tropical family Gecarcinidae, that are adapted to a partly terrestrial life mud crab a large edible crab , Scylla serrata , of Australian mangrove regions palm crab a large tropical land crab ( Birgus latro ) that feeds esp. on coconuts , found on islands in the S Pacific and Indian oceans pea crab any of various globular soft-bodied crabs of the genus Pinnotheres and related genera that live commensally in the mantles of certain bivalves sand crab an edible bluish Australian swimming crab , Portunus pelagicus snow crab an edible crab with long thin legs found off the coasts of Eastern Canada the Crab the constellation Cancer , the fourth sign of the zodiac Boston crab a wrestling hold in which a wrestler seizes both or one of their opponent's legs , turns them face downwards , and exerts pressure over their back common crab an edible crustacean , Cancer pagurusan crab apple A crab apple is a tree like an apple tree that produces small sour fruit. crab cactus → Christmas cactus crab canon a canon in which the imitating voice repeats the notes of the theme in reverse order crab grass any of several coarse weedy grasses of the genus Digitaria, which grow in warm regions and tend to displace other grasses in lawns crab louse a parasitic louse , Pthirus (or Phthirus ) pubis , that infests the pubic region in humans Crab Nebula the expanding remnant of the supernova observed in 1054 ad , lying in the constellation Taurus at an approximate distance of 6500 light years crab spider any of a family (Thomisidae) of spiders that move sideways like crabs crab stick a stick of finely ground white fish, coloured to resemble crabmeat edible crab a species of crab , Cancer pagurus , found in the Mediterranean Sea, the North Sea, and the North Atlantic ghost crab a whitish crab , Ocypode albicans , of sandy beaches from the eastern coast of the U.S. to Brazil giant crab a large, deep-water Japanese spider crab , Macrocheira kaempferi , sometimes measuring 11 ft. (3.4 m) across from claw to claw green crab a yellowish-green crab , Carcinides maenas , common in shallow waters along rocky shores hermit crab any small soft-bodied decapod crustacean of the genus Pagurus and related genera, living in and carrying about the empty shells of whelks or similar molluscs Jonah crab a large, reddish , edible crab ( Cancer borealis ) of the NE coast of North America mussel crab a pea crab, Pinnotheres maculatus , the female of which lives as a commensal within the mantle cavity of mussels oyster crab any of several small soft-bodied crabs of the genus Pinnotheres, esp P. ostreum, that live as commensals in the mantles of oysters purse crab → palm crab robber crab a terrestrial crab , Birgus latro , of the Indo-Pacific region, known for its habit of climbing coconut palms to feed on the nuts shore crab any of numerous crabs that live along the shoreline between the tidemarks, as Hemigrapsus nudus ( purple shore crab ), of the Pacific coast of North America spider crab any of various crabs of the genera Macropodia, Libinia, etc, having a small triangular body and very long legs stone crab a large, common, edible , dark-bluish crab ( Menippe mercenaria ) found in the coastal mud flats of the SE U.S. and in the Caribbean dressed crab cooked crabmeat that has been taken out of the shell fiddler crab any of various burrowing crabs of the genus Uca of American coastal regions, the males of which have one of their anterior pincer-like claws very much enlarged soldier crab a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers swimming crab any marine crab which has claws that are flattened for swimming catch a crab to make a stroke in which the oar either misses the water or digs too deeply, causing the rower to fall backwards crab cancrizans a canon in which the imitating voice repeats the notes of the theme in reverse order Dungeness crab a large, edible crab ( Cancer magister ) of the NW coast of North America flowering crab any of several species and varieties of crab apple trees with small fruits and abundant spring flowers ranging from white to reddish purple horseshoe crab any marine chelicerate arthropod of the genus Limulus , of North America and Asia , having a rounded heavily armoured body with a long pointed tail : class Merostomata hard-shell crab a crab , esp of the edible species Cancer pagurus, that has not recently moulted and therefore has a hard shell hard-shelled crab a crab , esp. an edible sea crab, before it has shed its hard shell soft-shell crab a crab , esp of the edible species Cancer pagurus, that has recently moulted and has not yet formed its new shell crabmeat Crabmeat is the part of a crab that you eat. cancrizans a canon in which the imitating voice repeats the notes of the theme in reverse order canon cancrizans a canon in which the imitating voice repeats the notes of the theme in reverse order mantis shrimp any of various burrowing marine shrimplike crustaceans of the order Stomatopoda that have a pair of large grasping appendages : subclass Malacostraca retrograde canon a canon in which the imitating voice repeats the notes of the theme in reverse order Indian licorice → jequirity (sense 2 ) Chinese translation of 'crab' crab (kræb) n (c) (= creature) 螃蟹 (pángxiè) (只, zhī) (u) (= meat) 蟹肉 (xièròu) related words related adjective cancroid Nearby words of crab coy coyness cozen crab crabbed crabby crack Synonyms of 'crab' crab Explore 'crab' in the dictionary
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