shrimp
shrimp(复同单,或 shrimps)- a small free-swimming crustacean with an elongated body, typically marine and frequently of commercial importance as food
(小)虾;褐虾
- Pandalus, Crangon, and other genera, order Decapoda
长额虾属,褐虾属及其他属,十足目
■(informal, derogatory)a small, physically weak person
(非正式,贬)身体矮小、虚弱的人
verb- [no obj.]fish for shrimps
捕虾
[as modifier shrimping]a shrimping net.
捕虾的网。
语源- Middle English: probably related to Middle Low German schrempen 'to wrinkle', Middle High German schrimpfen 'to contract', also to scrimp
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