crawfish

英 [ˈkrɔːfɪʃ]

美 [ˈkrɔːfɪʃ]

n.  螯虾

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柯林斯词典

• 淡水螯虾
  Acrawfishis a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crawfish.

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 crayfish

英英释义

noun

• large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
  Synonym:spiny lobsterlangousterock lobstercrayfishsea crawfish
• small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
  Synonym:crayfishcrawdadcrawdaddy
• tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
  Synonym:crayfishcrawdadecrevisse

verb

• make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
  1. We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him
  2. He backed out of his earlier promise
  3. The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns
  Synonym:retreatpull backback outback awaycrawfish outpull in one's hornswithdraw

双语例句

• It was studied that Red Swamp Crawfish growing and laying eggs fed with different forage prescription.
  研究了不同饵料配比条件下克氏原螯虾生长和抱卵的情况。
• This is to suggest prevention and control measures of chloramphenicol residue in crawfish.
  〔目的〕提出科学、可行的淡水小龙虾中氯霉素残留危害的预防与控制措施。
• Crawfish in shell Exerting a Leading Function of the Research and Development Center to Upgrading Tea Industry
  带壳小龙虾，带壳淡水螯虾发挥龙头带头作用，提升茶叶产业水平
• Louisiana State University Professor Greg Lutz has studied crawfish species and the industry for30 years.
  路易斯安那州立大学教授GregLutz研究小龙虾种类和该行业已经长达三十年代时间。
• We'll just have to crawfish out of shaking hands with them.
  我们只有结束跟他们的友好关系。
• "This is that alternative species of crawfish," said Lutz.
  这是小龙虾的替代品种。
• Both species of crawfish occur naturally in the Mid-Atlantic region, but crawfish farming is a very recent development here.
  两种小龙虾都天然出现在中大西洋地区，不过最近小龙虾的养殖在此地有所发展。
• Their hard outer shell, called the exoskeleton, does not grow with the crawfish and is shed periodically.
  它们坚硬的外壳，叫做外骨骼，不会随着小龙虾的成长而生长，而会周期性蜕落。
• Last weekend, I found some crawfish tails and boiled whole crawfish at a grocery store, and was about to buy some.
  上周，我见到一些小龙虾，在杂货店整个蒸煮，打算买点。
• Situation and Development of the Crawfish Export
  对出口淡水龙虾行业现状与发展中若干问题的探讨