shrimp

shrimp
(复同单,或 shrimps)
  1. a small free-swimming crustacean with an elongated body, typically marine and frequently of commercial importance as food
    (小)虾;褐虾
  2. 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
  1. [no obj.]fish for shrimps
    捕虾
    [as modifier shrimping]a shrimping net.
    捕虾的网。
语源
  1. Middle English: probably related to Middle Low German schrempen 'to wrinkle', Middle High German schrimpfen 'to contract', also to scrimp
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