crawfish

英 [ˈkrɔːfɪʃ]

美 [ˈkrɔːfɪʃ]

n.  螯虾

COCA.20178

柯林斯词典

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

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 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 lobstercrayfishsea crawfish
• small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
  Synonym:crayfishcrawdadcrawdaddy
• tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
  Synonym:crayfishcrawdadecrevisse

verb

• make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
  1. We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him
  2. He backed out of his earlier promise
  3. The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns
  Synonym:retreatpull backback outback awaycrawfish outpull in one's hornswithdraw

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