n. 1.蟹;蟹肉;〔C-〕【天文學】巨蟹座,巨蟹宮。 2.【蟲類】陰虱。 3.〔pl.〕(骰子)雙幺。 4.〔口語〕不利,失敗;【機械工程】起重絞車。 5.〔空俚〕側飛;偏差,偏出。
短語和例子
a case of crabs 失敗,不利的下場。 catch a crab(劃船)插槳入水過深;〔俚語〕一槳沒劃好,劃壞。 crab fleet 〔美俚〕蟹艦隊〔學生練習艦隊〕。 turn out [come off] crabs 終于失敗。 vt. 1.用爪抓。 2.使側航;使斜行。 vi. 捕蟹;〔美口〕縮手,擺脫;側航,偏飛。 crab out of 〔美口〕擺脫。 crab the wind 【美空】橫飛。 vt. 1.〔美口〕苛責,挑剔,貶損;〔美俚〕干涉。 2.使人掃興;使變乖戾。 vi. 抱怨;發牢騷 (about)。 crab sb.'s act 〔美俚〕干涉人,掃人興。 n. 【植物;植物學】沙果;沙果樹(=crab apple, crab tree)。
I often go to the beach to catch shrimps and crabs . 我經常到海灘去捉小蝦和螃蟹。
They were spread like crab grass at that time . 在那時,他們就象野草一樣,遍地都是。
But i often go to the beach to catch shrimps and crabs . 但我經常到海灘去捉小蝦和螃蟹。
The local people regard these crabs as a great delicacy . 當地人認為這些螃蟹是珍饈美味。
The crab nipped my toe . 螃蟹夾了我的腳趾。
We ought not to begin by crabbing everything . 我們不應當一開始就對一切事情采取吹毛求疵的態度。
We have identified the crab nebula as the debris of this explosion . 我們已證明蟹狀星云就是這次爆炸的遺跡。
An old crab took the opportunity of saying to her daughter "ah, my dear! " 一只老螃蟹趁機對它的女兒說,“啊,我的乖乖呀!”
Said an old crab to a young one, "why do you walk so crooked? walk straight! " 老蟹對小蟹說:“你為什么走起路來東拐西彎的?要直走!”
Negroes are prostrate everywhere and morays and crawfish and spider crabs are moving around and over their bodies . 到處是黑人,傾身匍匐在地,海鱔,小龍蝦,尖頭蟹,在他們身上爬上爬下,爬東爬西。