crab
美音:
[kræb
]英音:
[kræb
]n.螃蟹,类似螃蟹的动物,脾气乖戾的人,吹毛求疵 vi.捕蟹,偏航,发牢骚 vt.使偏航,发脾气,破坏
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crab为小学词汇
词形变化:
名词:crabber 动词过去式:crabbed 过去分词:crabbed 现在分词:crabbing 第三人称单数:crabs
crab
/kræb; kræb/
n
1 (a) [C] ten-legged shellfish 蟹. =>illus at shellfish 见shellfish之插图.
(b) [U] its flesh as food 蟹肉
*dressed crab, ie prepared for eating 加作料的蟹肉.
2 the Crab [sing] the fourth sign of the zodiac; Cancer 巨蟹宫(黄道第四宫); 巨蟹星座.
3 [C] (infml 口) = crab-louse.
4 (idm 习语) catch a crab => catch1.
/kræb; kræb/
v (-bb-) [I, Ipr] ~ (about sth) (infml derog 口, 贬) complain; grumble; criticize 抱怨; 挑剔; 批评
*The boss is always crabbing about my work. 老板对我的工作总是横挑鼻子竖挑眼.
crab
n[
Sense: 1-3;
Origin:Old English crabba]
[
Sense: 4;
Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: crabbed]
[C]a sea animal with a hard shell, five legs on each side, and two large
claws→
crustacean[U]the flesh of this animal that you can cook and eat
crab meat dressed crab (=prepared for eating)crabs [plural]informala medical condition in which a type of
louse (=insect) is in the hair around sexual organs
[singular]AmE informal someone who becomes annoyed easily about unimportant things