crab

英 [kræb]

美 [kræb]

n. 蟹; 螃蟹; 蟹肉; 阴虱寄生病
v. 横行; （遇到侧风或水流、气流时）使（飞机或船）作偏流修正; 捕蟹

复数：crabs　现在分词：crabbing　过去分词：crabbed　过去式：crabbed　第三人称单数：crabs　

Collins.1 / BNC.8024 / COCA.5100

牛津词典

noun

蟹；螃蟹
a sea creature with a hard shell, eight legs and two pincers (= curved and pointed arms for catching and holding things). Crabs move sideways on land.
蟹肉
meat from a crab , used for food
1. dressed crab
  经加工的螃蟹
阴虱寄生病
the condition caused by having lice (called crab lice ) in the hair around the genitals

N-COUNT 蟹;螃蟹
Acrabis a sea creature with a flat round body covered by a shell, and five pairs of legs with large claws on the front pair. Crabs usually move sideways.
1. Crabis the flesh of this creature eaten as food.
  蟹肉

noun

a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
1. he caught a crab and lost the race
decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
Synonym:crab lousepubic lousePhthirius pubis
the edible flesh of any of various crabs
Synonym:crabmeat
a quarrelsome grouch
Synonym:crabby person

verb

complain
1. What was he hollering about?
Synonym:gripebitchgrousebeefsquawkbellyacheholler
fish for crab
scurry sideways like a crab
direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind

As I was looking at the appetizers, I spotted one of my favorite dishes – crab cakes!
当我正在看有没有什么好菜，发现了一个我的最爱&蟹饼！
Octopus liked to play games with Crab.
章鱼喜欢和螃蟹玩游戏。
Thousands of herring and crab are washed up on the beaches during every storm
每次暴风雨过后海滩上都会留下数不尽的鲱鱼和螃蟹。
I'd go to the Crab Nebula and back for you.
我会去的蟹状星云，以及支持你。
Look closely at this tapestry and you'll find an emperor shrimp and a crab on a sea cucumber.
华美的海洋生物图片。密切关注这一挂毯，你会发现一个皇帝虾和螃蟹在一个海参。
I don't like to eat crab, yet I ate a bowl of crab soup.
我不喜欢吃螃蟹，但我却喝了一碗螃蟹汤。
I prefer clams, scallops and whelks tops(?) to crab and fish meat.
较之螃蟹和鱼肉，我更喜欢吃蚌、贝和螺。
The lobster and the crab began their voyage.
龙虾和螃蟹开始了航行。
But the lamb uses her thumb to bomb the crab's dumb comb and sends it to the tomb.
但小羊用拇指投了个炸弹，炸中了蟹的哑梳子，把它送进了坟墓。
They're a crab and a shrimp.
这是一只蟹和一只虾。