crayfish

英 [ˈkreɪfɪʃ]

美 [ˈkreɪfɪʃ]

n.  淡水螯虾; 海水大龙虾

复数：crayfishes　

BNC.33846 / COCA.23008

牛津词典

noun

• 淡水螯虾；海水大龙虾
  an animal like a small lobster , that lives in rivers and lakes and can be eaten, or one like a large lobster , that lives in the sea and can be eaten

柯林斯词典

• 淡水螯虾
  Acrayfishis a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of 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 lobstercrawfishsea crawfish
• small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
  Synonym:crawfishcrawdadcrawdaddy
• tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
  Synonym:crawfishcrawdadecrevisse
• warm-water lobsters without claws
  Synonym:spiny lobsterlangousterock lobster

双语例句

• But in Scottish streams and lochs, these creatures are intruders. American crayfish may be destroying the catch.
  然而在苏格兰，这种生物却是入侵者，美国小龙虾可能会毁掉苏格兰的生态。
• I could not believe the number of crayfish that were in this part of the river.
  我简直无法相信这里有多少小龙虾。
• We ate jambalaya and at the weekend they served mountains of crayfish accompanied with rice. It was really delicious.
  我们吃的是什锦菜肴，在周末，他们还会供应成堆的小龙虾和米饭，非常美味。
• The North American signal crayfish, which had been introduced to English waters decades ago and spread steadily north, were taking over.
  北美标志性的小龙虾是在数十年前被引入英国境内，并且向北蔓延最后占据了水域。
• The crabs at the Hungtse Lake crab farms are fed on organic feed, which include the lake's own seaweed, small fish, small crayfish, and even some corn and shrimp.
  洪泽湖蟹农以全天然饲料喂蟹，它们吃的是养在湖中的水草、螺蛳、小杂鱼，还有蟹农投放的粟米和小虾等。
• Kai Wang and her friends like to sniff out the latest regional Chinese restaurants: a tiny cafe in east London specialising in food from China's north-east, or one near London Bridge serving numbing and hot crayfish.
  王凯（音译）和她的朋友们乐于发觉最新的中国地方菜餐馆：一家位于伦敦东部专营中国西北菜的小餐馆，或是一家位于伦敦桥旁的餐馆提供「麻辣小龙虾」。
• Unfortunately, we now have our own invasive-species crayfish in this area mostly red swamp crayfish from the southern United States, he says.
  很不幸，我们这也来了一群不速之客，大多数是来自美国南部的红沼泽螯虾。
• Lobster? the joss-stick hot crayfish is better!
  龙虾？情愿是香辣小龙虾！
• They can go it alone, jig for crayfish, and swing from ropes along the bank.
  他们可以独自去小溪，在水中活蹦乱跳地捉小虾，在岸边系上绳子荡秋千。
• Preliminary Study on the Antibacterial Mechanism of Chitosan from Red Swamp Crayfish
  克氏螯虾壳聚糖抗菌机制的初步研究