crayfish

• n. 小龙虾

来自古法语crevice，词源同crab, 拼写受fish影响俗化。

1. warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California

2. tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly

3. small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster

4. large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters

crayfish

crayfish: [14] The crayfish is related etymologically as well as biologically to the crab. The Old High German word for ‘crab’ was krebiz (source of modern German krebs). This was borrowed into Old French as crevice (modern French has preserved the variant form écrevisse), and transmitted to Middle English as crevis. Association of the final syllable with fish led by the 16th century to its transformation to crayfish (a variant Middle English form cravis became crawfish).
=> crab, crawfish

crayfish (n.)

"small, freshwater lobster," early 14c., crevis, from Old French crevice "crayfish" (13c., Modern French écrevisse), probably from Frankish *krebitja or a similar Germanic word that is a diminutive form of the root of crab (n.1); compare Old High German krebiz "crab, shellfish," German Krebs. Modern spelling is 16c., under influence of fish (n.).

At a nearby table there are larger pond animals: snapping turtles, frogs and crayfish.

在旁边的桌上有更大的水生生物,蛇鳄龟, 青蛙还有小龙虾.

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We do not have oysters tonight, but the crayfish are very good.

我们今晚没有牡蛎供应.但小龙是非常好.

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Crayfish looks like langostines but is not as tasty.

漓蛄长得很像龙虾,但味道可没有龙虾鲜美.

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We don't have oysters tonight, but the crayfish are very good.

我们今晚没有牡蛎供应.但小龙虾是非常好.

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BOY: How come so many crayfish live under the rocks and stuff?

男孩: 为什么这么多小龙虾住在岩石和那些东西下面?

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The red swamp crayfish carries the virus of a deadly fungal disease.

红色龙虾带有一种致命的真菌疾病.

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Brute mathematics predict the new species, known as the marbled crayfish, will outcompete the locals.

通过数学计算预测, 这种称为残酷的龙虾的新物种将很快消灭本地的龙虾.

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Which one of the following statement is TRUE of the red crayfish?

5关于红色龙虾,下列哪个陈述是正确的?

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A crayfish might look like lobster, but it isn't as delicious.

蝲蛄长得很像龙虾, 但味道可没有龙虾鲜美.

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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.

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We select the freshest fish, stingray , crayfish , so tong, prawn, crab etc.

我们选择最新鲜的鱼 、 方鱼、虾婆 、 苏东 、 虾 、 螃蟹等.

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