crayfish

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.
  2. Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.; A freshwater crustacean (family Cambaridae), sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait. New-England,Pennsylvania
  3. A rock lobster (family Palinuridae). Australia,New-Zealand,South-Africa
  4. A freshwater crayfish (family Parastacidae), such as the gilgie, marron, or yabby. Australia
  5. The species Thenus orientalis of the slipper lobster family (Scyllaridae). Singapore
动词 v.
  1. To catch crayfish. intransitive
  2. Alternative spelling of crawfish (to backpedal, desert, or withdraw). alt-of,alternative

词形变化

crayfishes plural crayfish plural crawfish alternative craifish alternative,obsolete crafish alternative,obsolete crefish alternative,obsolete crevis alternative crevyssh alternative crayfishes present,singular,third-person crayfishing participle,present crayfished participle,past crayfished past crawfish alternative craifish alternative,obsolete crafish alternative,obsolete crefish alternative,obsolete crevis alternative crevyssh alternative

词汇关系

近义词
crawdad crawldad crawfish crawlfish mudbug yabby
衍生词
crayfishery crayfish plague crayfish snake marbled crayfish sea-crayfish sea crayfish signal crayfish
相关词
lobster prawn shrimp yabby

词源

词源 1
Alteration (by folk etymological influence of fish) of Middle English crevis (whence modern dialectal crevis), from Old French crevice ("crayfish"; > Modern French: écrevisse), from Frankish *krebitja (“crayfish”), diminutive of Frankish *krebit (“crab”), from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz (“crab, cancer”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-, *grebʰ- (“to scratch, crawl”), or from a substrate word folk-etymologically influenced by this root.
Akin to Old High German krebiz (Modern German Krebs (“crustacean, crab, crayfish”)), Middle Low German krēvet (“crab, crayfish”), Dutch kreeft (“crayfish, lobster”), Old English crabba (“crab”). More at crab.
Doublet of crevette, crevis, and Krebs.
词源 2
Alteration (by folk etymological influence of fish) of Middle English crevis (whence modern dialectal crevis), from Old French crevice ("crayfish"; > Modern French: écrevisse), from Frankish *krebitja (“crayfish”), diminutive of Frankish *krebit (“crab”), from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz (“crab, cancer”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-, *grebʰ- (“to scratch, crawl”), or from a substrate word folk-etymologically influenced by this root.
Akin to Old High German krebiz (Modern German Krebs (“crustacean, crab, crayfish”)), Middle Low German krēvet (“crab, crayfish”), Dutch kreeft (“crayfish, lobster”), Old English crabba (“crab”). More at crab.
Doublet of crevette, crevis, and Krebs.
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