crayfish

英 [ˈkreɪfɪʃ]

美 [ˈkreɪfɪʃ]

n.  淡水螯虾; 海水大龙虾

复数：crayfishes　

BNC.33846 / COCA.23008

牛津词典

noun

• 淡水螯虾；海水大龙虾
  an animal like a small lobster , that lives in rivers and lakes and can be eaten, or one like a large lobster , that lives in the sea and can be eaten

柯林斯词典

• 淡水螯虾
  Acrayfishis a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crayfish.

英英释义

noun

• large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
  Synonym:spiny lobsterlangousterock lobstercrawfishsea crawfish
• small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
  Synonym:crawfishcrawdadcrawdaddy
• tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
  Synonym:crawfishcrawdadecrevisse
• warm-water lobsters without claws
  Synonym:spiny lobsterlangousterock lobster

双语例句

• Type genus of the Branchiobdellidae: a small worm that lives on the gills or surface of a crayfish attached by a sucker.
  蛭形蚓科的模式属；一种小的蠕虫，靠吸管吸附于小龙虾腮部或表面。
• But in Scottish streams and lochs, these creatures are intruders. American crayfish may be destroying the catch.
  然而在苏格兰，这种生物却是入侵者，美国小龙虾可能会毁掉苏格兰的生态。
• This paper first elaborates the crayfish resources and biological characteristics, the general situation of crayfish aquaculture both in China and abroad.
  本文首先阐述了小龙虾的资源和生物学特征，回顾了国内外的小龙虾养殖业的概况。
• Small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America.
  产于欧洲、亚洲和美洲西部的小螯虾。
• In the southeastern United States, which is afreshwater diversity hotspot, almost 40% of molluscs and crayfish could bewiped out owing to the effects of dams and pollution.
  在美国的东南部，那里有很多的淡水物种，由于受水坝和污染的影响，几乎40%的软体动物和淡水龙虾可能会被淘汰。
• I could not believe the number of crayfish that were in this part of the river.
  我简直无法相信这里有多少小龙虾。
• The crabs at the Hungtse Lake crab farms are fed on organic feed, which include the lake's own seaweed, small fish, small crayfish, and even some corn and shrimp.
  洪泽湖蟹农以全天然饲料喂蟹，它们吃的是养在湖中的水草、螺蛳、小杂鱼，还有蟹农投放的粟米和小虾等。
• Kai Wang and her friends like to sniff out the latest regional Chinese restaurants: a tiny cafe in east London specialising in food from China's north-east, or one near London Bridge serving numbing and hot crayfish.
  王凯（音译）和她的朋友们乐于发觉最新的中国地方菜餐馆：一家位于伦敦东部专营中国西北菜的小餐馆，或是一家位于伦敦桥旁的餐馆提供「麻辣小龙虾」。
• Nutritional composition and nutritional value in the muscle of tail crayfish from Xuyi were investigated.
  研究盱眙龙虾肌肉中的营养素成分与营养价值。
• Tarantulas have an exoskeleton ( that means its skeleton is on the outside) like crayfish and crabs.
  狼蛛它有外骨骼（意味着其骨骼是长在外面的）这与小龙虾和螃蟹有点像。