crayfish

IPA/ˈkreɪfɪʃ/
KK[krˈefɪʃ]IPA/ˈkreɪfɪʃ/

crayfish — 名詞

  • crayfishsingular
  • crayfishesplural

1. a small hard-shelled animal with claws, found in streams, ponds, or lakes and sh

1.名詞B2
釋義

小龍蝦

像龍蝦的淡水甲殼動物，也可指其肉

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

例句

Jude pulled a crayfish from the stream with a small net.

Jude 用小網子從溪裡撈起一隻小龍蝦。

freshwater habitat: streams and small nets

Amira bought spicy crayfish for the family picnic at the lake.

Amira 為家人的湖邊野餐買了辣味小龍蝦。

food use: crayfish as a dish

同義詞
  • crawfish

    a regional variant, especially common in parts of the southern United States

  • lobster

    a larger sea animal with a heavier body and, usually, much bigger claws

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

❌The river was full of crayfishes.
✅The river was full of crayfish.
💡In everyday English, the usual plural is crayfish, not crayfishes.

2. a large sea animal like a spiny lobster, with a hard shell and no large front cl

2.名詞C1
釋義

刺龍蝦

無大螯的海生龍蝦，也可指其肉

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

例句

Christopher ordered grilled crayfish tails at the beach cafe.

Christopher 在海邊咖啡館點了烤刺龍蝦尾。

food context: crayfish tails on a menu

On the reef, Sivan saw a crayfish crawl into a narrow crack.

在礁岩區，Sivan 看見一隻刺龍蝦爬進狹窄的裂縫裡。

marine habitat: reef-dwelling sea species

同義詞
  • 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.

常見錯誤

❌The diver found a crayfish with two huge front claws.
✅The diver found a sea crayfish with no huge front claws.
💡In this rare sea sense, the animal is more like a spiny lobster.