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Crab

C0715500 (krăb)n. See Cancer.

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C0715500 (krăb)n.1. a. Any of various chiefly marine decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, having a hard carapace that covers a broad flattened cephalothorax with a small abdomen tucked beneath it, and an anterior pair of legs that are large and pincerlike.b. Any of various similar decapod crustaceans, such as a hermit crab or a king crab.c. Crabmeat.2. a. A crab louse.b. crabs Slang Infestation by crab lice.3. The maneuvering of an aircraft partially into a crosswind to compensate for drift.4. A machine for handling or hoisting heavy weights.v. crabbed, crab·bing, crabs v.intr.1. To hunt or catch crabs.2. To scurry sideways in the manner of a crab.3. To drift diagonally or sideways, especially when under tow.4. To direct an aircraft into a crosswind.v.tr.1. To direct (an aircraft) partly into a crosswind to eliminate drift.2. To cause to move or scurry sideways.Idiom: catch a crab To make a faulty stroke in rowing that causes the blade of the oar to strike the water on the recovery stroke.

[Middle English crabbe, from Old English crabba; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.]

crab′ber n.

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C0715500 (krăb)n.1. A crabapple tree or its fruit.2. A quarrelsome, ill-tempered person.v. crabbed, crab·bing, crabs v.intr. Informal To find fault; criticize someone or something.v.tr.1. Informal To interfere with and ruin; spoil.2. Informal To find fault with; complain about.3. To make ill-tempered or sullen.

[Middle English crabbe, possibly from crabbe, crab (shellfish); see crab¹.]

crab′ber n.

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(kræb) n1. (Animals) 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 crab2. (Animals) any of various similar or related arthropods, such as the hermit crab and horseshoe crab3. (Animals) short for crab louse4. (Aeronautics) a manoeuvre in which an aircraft flies slightly into the crosswind to compensate for drift5. (Mechanical Engineering) a mechanical lifting device, esp the travelling hoist of a gantry crane6. (Wrestling) wrestling See Boston crab7. (Rowing) catch a crab rowing to make a stroke in which the oar either misses the water or digs too deeply, causing the rower to fall backwardsvb, crabs, crabbing or crabbed8. (intr) to hunt or catch crabs9. (Aeronautics) (tr) to fly (an aircraft) slightly into a crosswind to compensate for drift10. (Nautical Terms) (intr) nautical to move forwards with a slight sideways motion, as to overcome an offsetting current11. (intr) to move sideways[Old English crabba; related to Old Norse krabbi, Old High German krebiz crab, Dutch krabben to scratch]

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(kræb) vb, crabs, crabbing or crabbed1. (intr) to find fault; grumble2. (tr) chiefly US to spoil (esp in the phrase crab someone's act)n3. an irritable person4. draw the crabs Austral to attract unwelcome attention[C16: probably back formation from crabbed]

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(kræb) n (Plants) short for crab apple[C15: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish skrabbe crab apple]

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(kræb) n (Astrology) the Crab the constellation Cancer, the fourth sign of the zodiac

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n., v. crabbed, crab•bing. n. 1. any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having a wide and flattened body, with a small abdomen folded under the thorax. 2. any of various crablike arthropods, as the horseshoe crab. 3. (cap.) cancer (def. 3). 4. (cap.) the CrabNebula. 5. a mechanical contrivance for hoisting or pulling heavy weights. 6. a maneuver in which an aircraft is headed partly into the wind to compensate for drift. 7. crab louse. 8. crabs, pediculosis. v.i. 9. to fish for crabs. 10. to move sideways with short bursts of speed; scuttle. 11. (of an aircraft) to head partly into the wind to compensate for drift. v.t. 12. to move (a vehicle or object) sideways or obliquely, esp. with short, abrupt movements. 13. to head (an aircraft) partly into the wind to compensate for drift. [before 1000; Middle English crabbe, Old English crabba, c. Middle Low German, Middle Dutch krabbe, Old Norse krabbi; akin to Old Saxon krebit, Old High German chrebiz] crab′ber, n. crab′like`, adj.

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n. a crab apple fruit or tree. [1300–50; orig. uncertain]

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n., v. crabbed, crab•bing. n. 1. an ill-tempered person. v.i. 2. to find fault; complain. v.t. 3. to make ill-tempered. 4. to find fault with. 5. to spoil; ruin. [1350–1400; Middle English; back formation from crabbed] crab′ber, n.

crab

Past participle: crabbed
Gerund: crabbing

Imperative
crab
crab

Present
I crab
you crab
he/she/it crabs
we crab
you crab
they crab

Preterite
I crabbed
you crabbed
he/she/it crabbed
we crabbed
you crabbed
they crabbed

Present Continuous
I am crabbing
you are crabbing
he/she/it is crabbing
we are crabbing
you are crabbing
they are crabbing

Present Perfect
I have crabbed
you have crabbed
he/she/it has crabbed
we have crabbed
you have crabbed
they have crabbed

Past Continuous
I was crabbing
you were crabbing
he/she/it was crabbing
we were crabbing
you were crabbing
they were crabbing

Past Perfect
I had crabbed
you had crabbed
he/she/it had crabbed
we had crabbed
you had crabbed
they had crabbed

Future
I will crab
you will crab
he/she/it will crab
we will crab
you will crab
they will crab

Future Perfect
I will have crabbed
you will have crabbed
he/she/it will have crabbed
we will have crabbed
you will have crabbed
they will have crabbed

Future Continuous
I will be crabbing
you will be crabbing
he/she/it will be crabbing
we will be crabbing
you will be crabbing
they will be crabbing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been crabbing
you have been crabbing
he/she/it has been crabbing
we have been crabbing
you have been crabbing
they have been crabbing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been crabbing
you will have been crabbing
he/she/it will have been crabbing
we will have been crabbing
you will have been crabbing
they will have been crabbing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been crabbing
you had been crabbing
he/she/it had been crabbing
we had been crabbing
you had been crabbing
they had been crabbing

Conditional
I would crab
you would crab
he/she/it would crab
we would crab
you would crab
they would crab

Past Conditional
I would have crabbed
you would have crabbed
he/she/it would have crabbed
we would have crabbed
you would have crabbed
they would have crabbed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crab - decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincersdecapod, decapod crustacean - crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thoraxBrachyura, suborder Brachyura - an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surfaceMenippe mercenaria, stone crab - large edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida)hard-shell crab - edible crab that has not recently molted and so has a hard shellsoft-shell crab, soft-shelled crab - edible crab that has recently molted and not yet formed its new shellCancer magister, Dungeness crab - small edible crab of Pacific coast of North AmericaCancer irroratus, rock crab - crab of eastern coast of North AmericaCancer borealis, Jonah crab - large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North Americaswimming crab - marine crab with some legs flattened and fringed for swimmingfiddler crab - burrowing crab of American coastal regions having one claw much enlarged in the malepea crab - tiny soft-bodied crab living commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve mollusksParalithodes camtschatica, Alaska crab, Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, king crab - large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japanspider crab - any of numerous crabs with very long legs and small triangular bodies
	2.	crab - a quarrelsome grouchcrabby personcrank, crosspatch, grouch, grump, churl - a bad-tempered person
	3.	Crab - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in CancerCancerindividual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"astrology, star divination - a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon
	4.	Crab - the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22Cancer the Crab, Cancer
	5.	crab - the edible flesh of any of various crabscrabmeatcrab cocktail - a cocktail of cold cooked crabmeat and a sauceshellfish - meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)blue crab - Atlantic crab; most common source of fresh crabmeatcrab legs - legs of especially Alaska king crabssoft-shell crab, soft-shelled crab - freshly molted crab with new shell still tender and flexibleJapanese crab - crabmeat usually canned; from JapanAlaska crab, Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, king crab - meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meatDungeness crab - flesh of Cancer magister (Dungeness crab)stone crab - pale flesh with delicate texture and flavor; found in Florida but now very rare
	6.	crab - a louse that infests the pubic region of the human bodycrab louse, Phthirius pubis, pubic louselouse, sucking louse - wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animalsgenus Phthirius, genus Phthirus, Phthirius, Phthirus - true lice: crab lice
	7.	crab - a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply; "he caught a crab and lost the race"rowing, row - the act of rowing as a sport
Verb	1.	crab - direct (an aircraft) into a crosswindair travel, aviation, air - travel via aircraft; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air"channelise, channelize, guide, maneuver, steer, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, head, direct - direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
	2.	crab - scurry sideways like a crabscamper, scurry, scuttle, skitter - to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"
	3.	crab - fish for crabfish - catch or try to catch fish or shellfish; "I like to go fishing on weekends"
	4.	crab - complain; "What was he hollering about?"beef, bellyache, bitch, gripe, grouse, squawk, hollerkvetch, plain, quetch, complain, sound off, kick - express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"

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nounA person who habitually complains or grumbles:complainer, faultfinder, grouch, growler, grumbler, grump, murmurer, mutterer, whiner.Informal: crank, griper, grouser.Slang: bellyacher, sorehead, sourpuss.verbInformal. To express negative feelings, especially of dissatisfaction or resentment:complain, grouch, grump, whine.Informal: gripe, grouse, kick.Slang: beef, bellyache, bitch.

Translations

螃蟹发牢骚抱怨

crab¹

(krӕb) noun an edible sea animal with a shell and five pairs of legs, the first pair having claws. 螃蟹

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(krab) – past tense past participle crabbed – verb (slang) to complain or criticize. He keeps on crabbing about the weather. 发牢骚，抱怨 ˈcrabby adjective bad-tempered; complaining. a crabby old man. 暴躁的，脾气乖戾的人

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crustaceancrustacean
, primarily aquatic arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea. Most of the 44,000 crustacean species are marine, but there are many freshwater forms. The few groups that inhabit terrestrial areas have not been particularly successful in an evolutionary sense; most require
..... Click the link for more information. with an enlarged cephalothorax covered by a broad, flat shell called the carapace. Extending from the cephalothorax are the various appendages: five pairs of legs, the first pair bearing claws (or pincers), are attached at the sides; two eyes on short, movable stalks, two short antennules, two longer antennae, and numerous mouthparts are attached at the front; at the rear the tiny abdomen is bent under the cephalothorax.

The abdomen of the female, wider and flatter than that of the male, forms an apronlike structure that continuously circulates water over the eggs that are carried on her underside. The free-swimming larva, which hatches in about two weeks, is easily recognized by the large spine that projects from its carapace. After several molts, the young crab settles to the bottom and begins to take on adult features.

Crabs are chiefly marine, but some are terrestrial for long periods. They are omnivorous; some are scavengers and others predators. Although they are capable of locomotion in all directions, crabs tend to move sideways; swimming crabs have the last pair of legs flattened to form paddles.

The blue crabblue crab,
common name for a crustacean, Callinectes sapidus, found on the S Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America. The blue crab is a member of the family of swimming crabs known as the Portunidae and is characterized by a broad, semitriangular carapace (shell)
..... Click the link for more information. of the Atlantic coast of the United States is a swimming crab that is much used for food. It is marketed as a soft-shelled crab after it has molted and before the new shell has hardened. Females of the oyster and mussel crabs live inside the shells of bivalve mollusks. Often seen scurrying about near their burrows in muddy banks are the fiddler crabsfiddler crab,
common name for small, amphibious crabs belonging to the genus Uca. They are characterized by a rectangular carapace (shell) and a narrow abdomen, which is flexed under the body.
..... Click the link for more information. , the males of which have one much enlarged claw used in defense and in courtship rituals. The sand, or ghost, crabs build burrows high up on the sand into which they seem to vanish. The sluggish, long-legged spider crabs are often disguised by the algae, barnacles, and sea anemones that attach themselves to the carapace. The giant spider crab of Japan, the largest living arthropod, has legs about 4 ft (22 cm) long and a carapace over 1 ft (30 cm) wide. The closely related kelp crabs are found in kelp beds in the Pacific. The name king crab is applied to the largest (up to 20 lb/9 kg) of the edible crabs, species native to the N Pacific and marketed frozen, canned, or fresh; the red king crab has been introduced into the Barents Sea.

True crabs are classified in the phylum ArthropodaArthropoda
[Gr.,=jointed feet], largest and most diverse animal phylum. The arthropods include crustaceans, insects, centipedes, millipedes, spiders, scorpions, and the extinct trilobites.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Crustacea, order Decapoda. Although the many species of true crabs are similar in appearance, DNA evidence suggests that that similarity is a result of convergent evolution among several groups of sometines only distantly related decapods. The horseshoe crabhorseshoe crab,
large, primitive marine arthropod of the family Limulidae, related to the spider and scorpion and sometimes called a king crab (a name also used for the largest of the edible true crabs).
..... Click the link for more information. , which also is called by the name king crab, is not a crustacean, and the hermit crabhermit crab,
a crustacean distinguished from true crabs by its long, soft, spirally coiled abdomen terminating in an asymmetrically hooked tail. Most hermit crabs protect this vulnerable portion of their bodies by occupying the empty shells of periwinkles, whelks, and other
..... Click the link for more information. , although a crustacean, is not a true crab.

Bibliography

See J. S. Weis, Walking Sideways: The Remarkable World of Crabs (2012).

Crab

(religion, spiritualism, and occult)

Crab is a popular name for the sign Cancer. Its association with moody Cancer is the ultimate source of the term “crabby.”

What does it mean when you dream about a crab?

A symbol of both the sea and the sky, the crab can stand for physical nourishment from the ocean and intellectual nourishment from the interpretation of the horoscope. Claws are tenacious and clinging, which can indicate something about the relationships the dreamer is in, especially with the opposite sex.

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[krab] (invertebrate zoology) The common name for a number of crustaceans in the order Decapoda having five pairs of walking legs, with the first pair modified as chelipeds. The common name for members of the Merostoma. (navigation) To drift sideways or to leeward, as a ship.

crab

1. A short shaft or axle, mounted on a frame, having squared ends to receive hand cranks; used to wind up a rope carrying a load. 2.See crocket.

crab

i. To fly with wings level on a heading that will correct for drift from crosswinds.
ii. To fly with wings level but apply significant rudder to offset the effects of crosswind.
iii. In parachuting, it means facing one's chute on a diagonal to the wind or crosswind, similar to tacking in a sailboat.
iv. To fly with wings level but with significant yaw due to asymmetric power or thrust.
v. In aerial photography, the angle formed between the flight line and the edges of the photographs in the direction of flight. At the instant of exposure, if the focal plane of the camera is not square with the direction of flight, it causes crab of the photograph. In this process, there is some reduction of overlap as shown in the illustration.
vi. The rotation of an aircraft about its vertical axis, so as to cause the aircraft's longitudinal axis to deviate from the flight line.

crab

loves to devour oysters. [Medieval Animal Symbolism: White, 210–211]See: Gluttony

crab

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 2. any of various similar or related arthropods, such as the hermit crab and horseshoe crab 3. short for crab louse4. Aeronautics 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 See Boston crab7. catch a crab Rowing to make a stroke in which the oar either misses the water or digs too deeply, causing the rower to fall backwards

Crab

(dreams)At first glance a crab seems to be a very negative dream symbol. It could represent a “crabby” or unpleasant personality. The claws could be symbolic of a clinging and hurtful person, or a side of your own personality. There may be too much dependence, clinging and forcefulness in your life. The crab may also symbolize your inability to effectively move forward and address your own difficulties. (Remember the crab often moves sideways or backwards.) Some folklore interpretations say that the crab is an omen of poor health. However, there is a more positive interpretation for the crab in your dream. In some areas of metaphysics, the crab is a representative of the sea and the sky. It represents physical nourishment that can be obtained from the sea and also intellectual nourishment. As with all water dwelling animals, the crab could also represent something in the unconscious and the emotions.

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noun a person who habitually complains or grumbles

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verb to express negative feelings, especially of dissatisfaction or resentment

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noun decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers

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noun a quarrelsome grouch

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noun (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer

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noun the fourth sign of the zodiac

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noun the edible flesh of any of various crabs

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noun a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body

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noun a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply

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verb direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind

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verb scurry sideways like a crab

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verb fish for crab

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verb complain

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