/'ɔɪstə(r); `ɔɪstɚ/
n
1 shellfish (used as food and usu eaten uncooked) some types of which produce pearls inside their shells 牡蛎, 蚝（常生吃）
*fresh oysters 新鲜牡蛎
* [attrib 作定语] oyster stew 炖牡蛎. =>illus at shellfish 见shellfish插图.
2 (idm 习语) the world is one's/sb's oyster => world.


家禽背部两边的小块瘦肉

n[C]

[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: oistre, from Latin, from Greek ostreon]
a type of shellfish that can be eaten cooked or uncooked, and that produces a jewel called a pearl
the world is your oyster
used to tell someone that they can achieve whatever they want


a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl