crab

• n. 螃蟹；蟹肉；脾气乖戾的人；起重机
• vt. 抱怨；破坏；使偏航
• vi. 捕蟹；发牢骚；抱怨

来自PIE*gerbh, 刮，刻，词源同carve.

1. decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers

2. a quarrelsome grouch

3. the edible flesh of any of various crabs

4. infests the pubic region of the human body

5. a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply;

"he caught a crab and lost the race"

crab

crab: Crab the crustacean [OE] and crab the apple [14] may be two distinct words. The word for the sea creature has several continental relatives (such as German krebs and Dutch krabbe) which show it to have been of Germanic origin, and some of them, such as Old Norse krafla ‘scratch’ and Old High German krapho ‘hook’, suggest that the crab may have received its name on account of its claws.

The origins of crab the fruit are not so clear. Some would claim that it is simply a metaphorical extension of the animal crab, from a perceived connection between the proverbial perversity or cantankerousness of the crustacean (compare crabbed) and the sourness of the apple, but others have proposed a connection with Swedish dialect skrabba ‘wild apple’, noting that a form scrab was current in Scottish English from at least the 16th century.
=> crayfish

crab (n.1)

crustacean, Old English crabba, from a general Germanic root (compare Dutch krab, Old High German krebiz, German Krabbe, Old Norse krabbi "crab"), related to Low German krabben, Dutch krabelen "to scratch, claw," from PIE root *gerbh- "to scratch, carve" (see carve). The constellation name is attested in English from c. 1000; the Crab Nebula (1840), however, is in Taurus, the result of the supernova of 1054, and is so called for its shape. French crabe (13c.) is from Germanic, probably Old Norse.

crab (n.2)

"fruit of the wild apple tree," c. 1300, crabbe, perhaps from Scandinavian (compare Swedish krabbäpple), of obscure origin. The combination of "bad-tempered, combative" and "sour" in the two nouns crab naturally yielded a verb meaning of "to vex, irritate" (c. 1400), later "to complain irritably, find fault" (c. 1500). The noun meaning "sour person" is from 1570s.

It had, apparently, been fished out of existence; and the once mighty Newfoundland fleet now gropes about frantically for crab on the sea floor.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

dressed crab

经加工的螃蟹

牛津词典

Then the crab crawled safely into the wonderful pond.

而蟹安全地爬进了这个美丽的池子.

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Special Recommendation: black mustard cucumber, fish head clay pot , crab with salmon seafood noodle.

特色推荐: 芥末黄瓜 、 鱼头煲 、 蟹子三文鱼海面.

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Nevertheless, Marylanders love their crab and eat them by the bushel at crab houses.

然而, 马里兰的居民热爱他们的在地螃蟹,而且也喜欢在螃蟹屋大啖朵颐.

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The fiddler crab is a living clock.

招潮水蟹是一只活闹钟.

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The crab xiaolong dumplings here are very famous.

这里的蟹粉小笼包很有名.

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Once water is boiling, immediately add the crab.

烧开后当即放入螃蟹.

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I went crabbing this morning and caught a flounder with the crab net.

我今天早晨去抓蟹,结果用蟹网抓到一条比目鱼.

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It was his misfortune to catch a crab in the last spurt.

他真倒霉,到了最后一刹那竟有一桨没划好.

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Famous Shanghai local snacks include steamed buns, sparerib rice cake , crab shell cake, etc.

上海的著名小吃有小笼包 、 排骨年糕 、 蟹壳黄等等,都非常好吃,你可以尝试一下.

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A majid crab disappears among the vivid red of coral in Palau.

在自然界模式.一只蜘蛛蟹消失在生动的红色可怕的珊瑚在帕劳共和国.

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These days, the bonfire revelers retire for crab cakes and oysters after burning their socks.

如今, 围着篝火狂欢的人们烧完袜子后,都会纷纷去吃蟹肉饼和牡蛎.

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Then he noticed a lonely crab crawling along the muddy shore.

就在这时,它看到有一只孤独螃蟹沿着泥泞的池岸在爬.

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We came in third . That was because Burrell caught a crab right at the start.

我们得了第三名,都是因为伯勒尔在一开始时划错了一桨.

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Old tires, carpet, syringes and even crab shells are routinely pulverized in these machines.

人们还用这些机器来粉碎旧轮胎 、 地毯 、 注射器甚至蟹壳.

时文部分

The claws of a crab are used for grasping things, especially food.

螃蟹用钳抓东西, 特别是食物.

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After millions of years it has become completely regulated inside the living body of the crab.

数百万年以来,形成了一种生理上的自我变化.

英语晨读30分（高三）

He caught a crab and lost the race.

他划桨时失手,输掉了比赛.

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Well cross the green crab off the bill.

我们会在您的账单上注销青蟹这道菜的费用.

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Through practice of a few years, purse net raises crab technology day attain mature.

经过几年的实践, 围网养蟹技术日臻成熟.

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How big how big, sand crab sand crab!

几大就几大, 沙蟹就沙蟹啦!

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Susan, would you like the crab salad?

Susan, 要不要蟹肉沙拉?

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All the shops on the seafront had crab for sale.

海滨地区的全部商店都出售蟹.

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Our specialty include : Boiled steak , fish with tomato sauce , saute diced chicken, crab paste with meat.

特色菜包括水煮牛柳 、 红油豆花鱼 、 歌乐山辣子鸡 、 蟹粉狮子头、鸡火干丝锅仔等.

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This is your crab cocktail.

这是您点的蟹肉冷盘.

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Ingredients for crab mousse and Caesar salad and prune stuffing and elaborate dessert in fridge.

做沙果奶油冻、恺撒什锦色拉、李子干填料、精美甜点的原料都在冰箱里.

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The crab replied , Those fish were eaten because they were foolish enough to trust you.

螃蟹回答: 那些鱼被吃掉是因为它们傻到去相信你.

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A crab nipped my toe.

一只螃蟹箝住了我的脚趾头.

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