a large marine crustacean with a cylindrical body, stalked eyes, and the first of its five pairs of limbs modified as pincers 龙虾
Homarus and other genera, class Malacostraca 螯龙虾属及其他属,软甲纲 ■[mass noun]the flesh of this animal as food (食用)龙虾肉 ■[mass noun]a deep red colour typical of a cooked lobster 龙虾红 ■(Austral./NZ)a freshwater crayfish, especially one whose claws are eaten as food (澳/新西兰)小龙虾
verb
[no obj.]catch lobsters 捕龙虾
语源
Old English lopustre, alteration of Latin locusta 'crustacean, locust'