crawfish

A noun referring to a small, freshwater or marine crustacean resembling a lobster, often boiled and eaten as food.

• 🇨🇳指一种小型淡水或海水甲壳类动物，外形类似龙虾，常被煮熟食用。也可指小龙虾。

1. Freshwater crustacean A2 formal american

   A small, freshwater crustacean that resembles a miniature lobster, often found in streams and rivers.

   • We caught several crawfish in the creek behind the house.
   • Crawfish are a popular ingredient in Cajun cuisine.
   • The children enjoyed watching the crawfish scuttle backward in the water.

   🇨🇳淡水鳌虾

   同义词: crawdadcrayfish

2. Edible seafood A2 informal american

   A small, edible crustacean that is typically boiled and eaten, especially in southern US cuisine.

   • We had a crawfish boil for the family reunion.
   • She ordered a plate of spicy crawfish at the restaurant.
   • Peeling crawfish is messy but the meat is delicious.

   🇨🇳食用甲壳类海鲜

   同义词: crawdadcrayfish

3. Spiny lobster B1 formal

   A large marine crustacean with a spiny shell, lacking the large claws of true lobsters.

   • The spiny crawfish is often caught in warm ocean waters.
   • Crawfish tails are a prized ingredient in many seafood dishes.
   • Unlike true lobsters, crawfish have long antennae and no large pincers.

   🇨🇳龙虾

   同义词: langousterock lobsterspiny lobster

• crawfish plural form
• crawfishes plural form
• crawfish' possessive plural form
• crawfishes' possessive plural form
• crawfish's possessive singular form

A verb meaning to back out or retreat from a position, promise, or undertaking; often used in informal or regional American English.

• 🇨🇳动词，意为退缩、放弃立场、食言或推卸承诺；常用于非正式或美国地方性英语。

1. Retreat or back down B2 informal american

   To withdraw from a position, commitment, or argument, often in a way that avoids confrontation.

   • He promised to help but then crawfished at the last minute.
   • The politician crawfished on his earlier statement after public backlash.
   • She started to argue but quickly crawfished when she saw the evidence.

   🇨🇳退缩

   同义词: back downback outchicken outclimb downpull outretreat

   反义词: advanceconfrontmaintainpersiststand

• crawfished past participle
• crawfished past simple
• crawfishing present participle
• crawfishes third person singular

短语动词变体: crawfish out