(复同单, 或shrimps)
1- a small free-swimming crustacean with an elongated body, typically marine and frequently of commercial importance as food（小）虾; 褐虾。
1.1
- Pandalus, Crangon, and other genera, order Decapoda.长额虾属, 褐虾属及其他属, 十足目。
1.2
- informal, derogatory a small, physically weak person〈非正式, 贬〉矮子; 身体虚弱的人。
词源
Middle English: probably related to Middle Low German schrempen 'to wrinkle', Middle High German schrimpfen 'to contract', also to SCRIMP.