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Definition of crawfish in English: crawfishnounPlural crawfishes ˈkrɔːfɪʃˈkrɔˌfɪʃ 1 another term for spiny lobster Example sentencesExamples - The new display will also include tropical hermit crabs, crawfish, horseshoe crabs, and other species.
- Then the seals are forgotten as I come across a lobster-pot - not because of the crawfish inside it but the seahorse anchored to the bars.
- The diver asked the chef if he would prepare a special crawfish dish for her birthday party at his restaurant.
- An interesting occupant of the rock's ledges is the crawfish.
- Edible crabs, crawfish and lobsters must not be taken.
- Fish regularly shoal in the area; and within the rocky ledges enormous crabs, lobsters and the occasional crawfish take advantage of the fact that they are rarely visited or fished for.
- 1.1North American A freshwater crayfish.
〈主北美〉龙虾;淡水螯虾 Example sentencesExamples - There isn't much else to see at this depth apart from freshwater crawfish scuttling for cover along the silty bottom.
- On holidays, it is common for everyone to fish for crawfish in the mountain streams or to catch land crabs to add to the evening meal.
- In flood years they open the gates and fresh water flushes through the Basin and the crawfish and the fishermen flourish.
- Perhaps the most representative food of Cajun culture is crawfish, or mudbug.
- Small freshwater crawfish potter about and are easily approachable.
verbcrawfishesˈkrɔːfɪʃˈkrɔˌfɪʃ [no object]US informal Retreat from a position. 〈美,非正式〉退缩,退却;退位 three networks, intimidated by the public outcry, had begun to crawfish Example sentencesExamples - If there were a shred of sense in this analogy, hunting would have been banned five years ago, whereas in fact he has ‘crawfished’ about like anything trying to avoid it.
- ‘For 11 long years, he has sidestepped, crawfished, wheedled out of any agreements he had made not to develop weapons of mass destruction,’ he said.
OriginEarly 17th century: variant of crayfish. Definition of crawfish in US English: crawfishnounˈkrôˌfiSHˈkrɔˌfɪʃ North American 1A freshwater crayfish. 〈主北美〉龙虾;淡水螯虾 Example sentencesExamples - Small freshwater crawfish potter about and are easily approachable.
- In flood years they open the gates and fresh water flushes through the Basin and the crawfish and the fishermen flourish.
- On holidays, it is common for everyone to fish for crawfish in the mountain streams or to catch land crabs to add to the evening meal.
- There isn't much else to see at this depth apart from freshwater crawfish scuttling for cover along the silty bottom.
- Perhaps the most representative food of Cajun culture is crawfish, or mudbug.
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another term for spiny lobster Example sentencesExamples - Fish regularly shoal in the area; and within the rocky ledges enormous crabs, lobsters and the occasional crawfish take advantage of the fact that they are rarely visited or fished for.
- The new display will also include tropical hermit crabs, crawfish, horseshoe crabs, and other species.
- The diver asked the chef if he would prepare a special crawfish dish for her birthday party at his restaurant.
- Edible crabs, crawfish and lobsters must not be taken.
- An interesting occupant of the rock's ledges is the crawfish.
- Then the seals are forgotten as I come across a lobster-pot - not because of the crawfish inside it but the seahorse anchored to the bars.
verbˈkrôˌfiSHˈkrɔˌfɪʃ [no object]US informal Retreat from a position. 〈美,非正式〉退缩,退却;退位 the three networks, intimidated by the public outcry, had begun to crawfish Example sentencesExamples - If there were a shred of sense in this analogy, hunting would have been banned five years ago, whereas in fact he has ‘crawfished’ about like anything trying to avoid it.
- ‘For 11 long years, he has sidestepped, crawfished, wheedled out of any agreements he had made not to develop weapons of mass destruction,’ he said.
OriginEarly 17th century: variant of crayfish. |