| 单词 | oyster |
| 释义 | oyster (once / 623 pages) 1nv 2n An oyster is an animal that lives in the sea, a rough-shelled mollusk. To find a pearl inside an oyster, you first have to find a "pearl oyster" — a rare cousin of the oysters people commonly eat. You can usually tell you've found an oyster on the beach because its shell is bumpy and irregular, unlike the smoother clams or mussels you might see. There are few kinds of oysters that are edible (both cooked and raw), and many others that aren't. You may have heard the expression "the word ls your oyster," which is one of Shakespeare's many linguistic inventions; he means the world is yours to seize, open, and use as you wish. WORD FAMILYoyster: oystering, oysters USAGE EXAMPLESA morsel of tempura-fried geoduck belly dipped in oyster mayonnaise was the most unforgettable bite at Scout’s chef’s counter. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) Only I wasn’t ordering wine: All this to-do was over a round of oysters. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) Essentially: dressing up like Florence Welch’s cat-lady aunt after a day spent foraging for oyster mushrooms. The Guardian(Dec 18, 2016) 1 1n marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters Hypo|Hyper seed oyster a young oyster especially of a size for transplantation blue point, bluepointsmall edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island Japanese oyster, Ostrea gigasa large oyster native to Japan and introduced along the Pacific coast of the United States; a candidate for introduction in Chesapeake Bay Virginia oystercommon edible oyster of Atlantic coast of North America Pinctada margaritifera, pearl oystertropical marine bivalve found chiefly off eastern Asia and Pacific coast of North America and Central America; a major source of pearls Anomia ephippium, saddle oysterthin-shelled bivalve having the right valve deeply notched Placuna placenta, capiz, window oyster, windowpane oystermarine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together 2n edible body of any of numerous oysters Syn|Hypo|Hyper huitre oysters Rockefeller oysters spread with butter and spinach and seasonings and baked on the half shell blue point, bluepointoysters originally from Long Island Sound but now from anywhere along the northeastern seacoast; usually eaten raw shellfish meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean) 3v gather oysters, dig oysters 2Hyper collect, garner, gather, pull together assemble or get together n a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl Hyper helping, portion, serving an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal |
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