shrimp 音标拼音: [ʃr'ɪmp]
n . 虾,小虾,矮小的人
vi . 捕小虾
虾,小虾,矮小的人捕小虾
shrimp n 1 :
disparaging terms for small people [
synonym : {
runt }, {
shrimp },
{
peewee }, {
half -
pint }]
2 :
any of various edible decapod crustaceans [
synonym : {
prawn },
{
shrimp }]
3 :
small slender -
bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers ;
many species are edible v 1 :
fish for shrimp Shrimp \
Shrimp \,
v .
t . [
Cf .
AS .
scrimman to dry up ,
wither ,
MHG .
schrimpfen to shrink ,
G .
schrumpfen ,
Dan .
skrumpe ,
skrumpes ,
Da . &
Sw .
skrumpen shriveled .
Cf . {
Scrimp }, {
Shrink },
{
Shrivel }.]
To contract ;
to shrink . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
Shrimp \
Shrimp \,
n . [
OE .
shrimp ; --
probably so named from its shriveled appearance .
See {
Shrimp },
v .]
1 . (
Zool .)
(
a )
Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to {
Crangon }
and various allied genera ,
having a slender body and long legs .
Many of them are used as food .
The larger kinds are called also {
prawns }.
See Illust .
of {
Decapoda }.
(
b )
In a more general sense ,
any species of the macruran tribe {
Caridea },
or any species of the order Schizopoda ,
having a similar form .
(
c )
In a loose sense ,
any small crustacean ,
including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans ;
as ,
the fairy shrimp ,
and brine shrimp .
See under {
Fairy },
and {
Brine }.
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Figuratively ,
a little wrinkled man ;
a dwarf ; --
in contempt .
[
1913 Webster ]
This weak and writhled shrimp . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Opossum shrimp }. (
Zool .)
See under {
Opossum }.
{
Spector shrimp },
or {
Skeleton shrimp } (
Zool .),
any slender amphipod crustacean of the genus {
Caprella }
and allied genera .
See Illust .
under {
Laemodopoda }.
{
Shrimp catcher } (
Zool .),
the little tern ({
Sterna minuta }).
{
Shrimp net },
a dredge net fixed upon a pole ,
or a sweep net dragged over the fishing ground .
[
1913 Webster ]
116 Moby Thesaurus words for "
shrimp ":
Chilopoda ,
Chordata ,
Dungeness crab ,
Echiuroidea ,
Ectoprocta ,
Entoprocta ,
Japanese crab ,
Lilliputian ,
Monoplacophora ,
Nemertinea ,
Phoronidea ,
Tom Thumb ,
a nobody ,
a nothing ,
angle ,
bait the hook ,
bantam ,
banty ,
blue point ,
bob ,
brownie ,
button ,
chit ,
cipher ,
clam ,
common man ,
coquillage ,
crab ,
crawdad ,
crawfish ,
crayfish ,
dap ,
dib ,
dibble ,
diminutive ,
drive ,
dummy ,
dwarf ,
elf ,
featherweight ,
figurehead ,
fingerling ,
fish ,
fly -
fish ,
gig ,
gnome ,
go fishing ,
grig ,
guddle ,
homunculus ,
insignificancy ,
jack ,
jacklight ,
jackstraw ,
jig ,
langouste ,
lightweight ,
limpet ,
little fellow ,
little guy ,
littleneck clam ,
lobster ,
man of straw ,
manikin ,
mediocrity ,
midge ,
midget ,
mini ,
minikin ,
minnow ,
minny ,
mouse ,
mussel ,
nebbish ,
net ,
nobody one knows ,
nonentity ,
nubbin ,
obscurity ,
oyster ,
peewee ,
periwinkle ,
pip -
squeak ,
pony ,
prawn ,
punk ,
pygmy ,
quahog ,
runt ,
scallop ,
scrub ,
seine ,
shellfish ,
slip ,
small fry ,
small potato ,
small potatoes ,
snail ,
snip ,
snippet ,
soft -
shell crab ,
spin ,
squirt ,
squit ,
steamer ,
still -
fish ,
tit ,
torch ,
trawl ,
troll ,
wart ,
whale ,
whelk ,
whiffet ,
whippersnapper ,
wisp
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