crayfish
crayfish — noun
- crayfishsingular
- crayfishesplural
1. a small hard-shelled animal with claws, found in streams, ponds, or lakes and sh
a small hard-shelled animal with claws, found in streams, ponds, or lakes and shaped like a tiny lobster, or the meat from it when people eat it
Jude pulled a crayfish from the stream with a small net.
freshwater habitat: streams and small nets
Amira bought spicy crayfish for the family picnic at the lake.
food use: crayfish as a dish
Wei pointed at a crayfish hiding under a flat river stone.
The cook served crayfish with lemon and warm garlic butter.
Madison saw baby crayfish in the clear pond beside the cabin.
文法句型
a crayfish
catch crayfish
eat crayfish
用法筆記
Usually countable when you mean the living animal. In menu or recipe language, crayfish often works as an uncountable food noun, as in 'We had crayfish for lunch.'
常見錯誤
2. a large sea animal like a spiny lobster, with a hard shell and no large front cl
a large sea animal like a spiny lobster, with a hard shell and no large front claws, or the meat from it served as food
Christopher ordered grilled crayfish tails at the beach cafe.
food context: crayfish tails on a menu
On the reef, Sivan saw a crayfish crawl into a narrow crack.
marine habitat: reef-dwelling sea species
The menu listed crayfish with chili sauce as the day's special.
Hiro learned that this sea crayfish has no large front claws.
Isabela explained that local crayfish came from the reef.
- spiny lobster
the more usual common name for this clawless sea species
- rock lobster
a regional name used for the same kind of sea animal in some varieties of English
文法句型
a crayfish
grilled crayfish
crayfish tails
用法筆記
This is a rare meaning in everyday English and usually appears in fishing or restaurant contexts. Many speakers would say 'spiny lobster' instead when they want to make the sea species clear.