crayfish: [14] The crayfish is related etymologically as well as biologically to the crab. The Old High German word for ‘crab’ was krebiz (source of modern German krebs). This was borrowed into Old French as crevice (modern French has preserved the variant form écrevisse), and transmitted to Middle English as crevis. Association of the final syllable with fish led by the 16th century to its transformation to crayfish (a variant Middle English form cravis became crawfish). => crab, crawfish
crayfish (n.)
"small, freshwater lobster," early 14c., crevis, from Old French crevice "crayfish" (13c., Modern French écrevisse), probably from Frankish *krebitja or a similar Germanic word that is a diminutive form of the root of crab (n.1); compare Old High German krebiz "crab, shellfish," German Krebs. Modern spelling is 16c., under influence of fish (n.).
实用例句
1. We don't have oysters tonight, but the crayfish are very good.
我们今晚没有牡蛎供应.但小龙虾是非常好.来自《简明英汉词典》
2. We do not have oysters tonight, but the crayfish are very good.
我们今晚没有牡蛎供应.但小龙是非常好.来自互联网
3. Crayfish looks like langostines but is not as tasty.
漓蛄长得很像龙虾,但味道可没有龙虾鲜美.来自互联网
4. BOY: How come so many crayfish live under the rocks and stuff?
男孩: 为什么这么多小龙虾住在岩石和那些东西下面?来自互联网
5. The red swamp crayfish carries the virus of a deadly fungal disease.
