shellfish
/ˈʃelfɪʃ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈʃelfɪʃ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈshel-ˌfish/ (ame, mw)
shellfish — 名詞
- shellfishsingular
- shellfishesplural
1. a group of sea animals that have a hard shell covering their body, many of which
貝類；甲殼類
有硬殼、生活在海中的動物，可食用
a group of sea animals that have a hard shell covering their body, many of which people eat as food — for example, crabs, oysters, shrimp, clams, mussels, and lobsters
The restaurant menu offers a variety of fresh shellfish, including clams and mussels.
那家餐廳的菜單提供多種新鮮貝類，包括蛤蜊和淡菜。
uncountable: shellfish as a food category
Noa checks each shellfish carefully before cooking them, throwing away any that are open.
Noa 在煮每隻貝類前都會仔細檢查，把任何打開的扔掉。
countable plural: each individual shellfish
Local fishermen bring in shellfish from the bay near Hui village every morning.
Hui 家鄉附近的海灣，漁夫每天早上都會帶回貝類。
A single shellfish can filter enough water each day to fill a small swimming pool.
一隻貝類每天可以過濾足夠的水，裝滿一個小游泳池。
People who are allergic to shellfish must read the labels on food packages carefully.
對貝類過敏的人必須仔細閱讀食品包裝上的標籤。
- seafood
broader term that includes fish, shellfish, and other edible sea creatures
- molluscs
narrower term that excludes crustaceans (crabs, shrimp, lobsters)
- crustaceans
narrower term that excludes molluscs (clams, oysters, mussels)
用法筆記
Countable when referring to individual animals ('a shellfish', 'three shellfish on the beach'); uncountable when referring to the food as a category ('shellfish is a common cause of food allergies'). The word covers two biologically distinct groups — molluscs (clams, oysters, mussels) and crustaceans (crabs, shrimp, lobsters) — which are grouped together for culinary and dietary purposes.