| 释义 |
Noun: crawfish 'kro`fish
Usage: N. Amer (=crayfish)
- Tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
- crayfish, crawdad [N. Amer], ecrevisse - Small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
- crayfish, crawdad [N. Amer], crawdaddy [N. Amer] - Large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
- spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crayfish, sea crawfish [N. Amer]
Verb: crawfish 'kro`fish
Usage: N. Amer (=crayfish)
- Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
"We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"
- retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish out [N. Amer], pull in one's horns, withdraw, crayfish [US]
Derived forms: crawfishes, crawfished, crawfishing Type of: decapod, decapod crustacean, lobster, shellfish Part of: American crayfish, Astacidae, Astacura, ecrevisse, family Astacidae, genus Palinurus, Old World crayfish, Palinurus Encyclopedia: Crawfish |