Simplified Chinese Meaning of shrimp
虾
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Definitions and Meaning of shrimp in English
shrimp (n)
disparaging terms for small people
any of various edible decapod crustaceans
small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible
shrimp (v)
fish for shrimp
shrimp (v. t.)
To contract; to shrink.
shrimp (v.)
Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The larger kinds are called also prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.
In a more general sense, any species of the macruran tribe Caridea, or any species of the order Schizopoda, having a similar form.
In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and Brine.
Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt.
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虾
disparaging terms for small people, any of various edible decapod crustaceans, small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and sing
微小的,矮人,微小模型,矮人,清洗,侏儒,微型,螨,小便,侏儒
巨兽,巨像,巨大,巨大,猛犸象,怪物,鲸鱼,利维坦,泰坦,大谎言
shrilly => 尖锐地, shrill-tongued => 尖酸刻薄的, shrillness => 尖锐性, shrilling => 刺耳的, shrill-gorged => 声音尖厉,