crayfish
/ˈkreɪˌfɪʃ/
- n.
- 小龙虾
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- qfa-sub
派生
- 英语English
crayfish
词源说明
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.
释义
名词noun
- 1Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.
- 2Australia, New Zealand, South AfricaA rock lobster (family Palinuridae).
- 3AustraliaA freshwater crayfish (family Parastacidae), such as the gilgie, marron