Simplified Chinese Meaning of shrimp

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Definitions and Meaning of shrimp in English

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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

Wordnet

shrimp (v)

fish for shrimp

Webster

shrimp (v. t.)

To contract; to shrink.

Webster

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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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,