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crab    音标拼音: [kr'æb]
n. 螃蟹,偏航,脾气乖戾的人,酸苹果
vi. 捕蟹,偏航,发牢骚
vt. 使偏航,发脾气

螃蟹,偏航,脾气乖戾的人,酸苹果捕蟹,偏航,发牢骚使偏航,发脾气

crab
n 1: decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened
carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and
pincers
2: a quarrelsome grouch [synonym: {crab}, {crabby person}]
3: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
[synonym: {Cancer}, {Crab}]
4: the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
about June 21 to July 22 [synonym: {Cancer}, {Cancer the Crab},
{Crab}]
5: the edible flesh of any of various crabs [synonym: {crab},
{crabmeat}]
6: a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body [synonym:
{crab louse}, {pubic louse}, {crab}, {Phthirius pubis}]
7: a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too
deeply; "he caught a crab and lost the race"
v 1: direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
2: scurry sideways like a crab
3: fish for crab
4: complain; "What was he hollering about?" [synonym: {gripe},
{bitch}, {grouse}, {crab}, {beef}, {squawk}, {bellyache},
{holler}]

Crab \Crab\ (kr[a^]b), n. [AS. crabba; akin to D. krab, G.
krabbe, krebs, Icel. krabbi, Sw. krabba, Dan. krabbe, and
perh. to E. cramp. Cf. {Crawfish}.]
1. (Zool.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly
marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with
a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and
curled up beneath the body.
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Note: The name is applied to all the Brachyura, and to
certain Anomura, as the hermit crabs. Formerly, it was
sometimes applied to Crustacea in general. Many species
are edible, the blue crab of the Atlantic coast being
one of the most esteemed. The large European edible
crab is {Cancer padurus}. {Soft-shelled crabs} are blue
crabs that have recently cast their shells. See
{Cancer}; also, {Box crab}, {Fiddler crab}, {Hermit
crab}, {Spider crab}, etc., under {Box}, {Fiddler}.
etc.
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2. The zodiacal constellation Cancer.
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3. [See {Crab}, a.] (Bot.) A crab apple; -- so named from its
harsh taste.
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When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl,
Then nightly sings the staring owl. --Shak.
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4. A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
[Obs.] --Garrick.
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5. (Mech.)
(a) A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing,
used with derricks, etc.
(b) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling
ships into dock, etc.
(c) A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
(d) A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
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{Calling crab}. (Zool.) See {Fiddler}., n., 2.

{Crab apple}, a small, sour apple, of several kinds; also,
the tree which bears it; as, the European crab apple
({Pyrus Malus} var. sylvestris); the Siberian crab apple
({Pyrus baccata}); and the American ({Pyrus coronaria}).


{Crab grass}. (Bot.)
(a) A grass ({Digitaria sanguinalis} syn. {Panicum
sanguinalis}); -- called also {finger grass}.
(b) A grass of the genus {Eleusine} ({Eleusine Indica});
-- called also {dog's-tail grass}, {wire grass}, etc.


{Crab louse} (Zool.), a species of louse ({Phthirius pubis}),
sometimes infesting the human body.

{Crab plover} (Zool.), an Asiatic plover ({Dromas ardeola}).


{Crab's eyes}, or {Crab's stones}, masses of calcareous
matter found, at certain seasons of the year, on either
side of the stomach of the European crawfishes, and
formerly used in medicine for absorbent and antacid
purposes; the gastroliths.

{Crab spider} (Zool.), one of a group of spiders
({Laterigrad[ae]}); -- called because they can run
backwards or sideways like a crab.

{Crab tree}, the tree that bears crab applies.

{Crab wood}, a light cabinet wood obtained in Guiana, which
takes a high polish. --McElrath.

{To catch a crab} (Naut.), a phrase used of a rower:
(a) when he fails to raise his oar clear of the water;
(b) when he misses the water altogether in making a
stroke.
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Crab \Crab\, a. [Prob. from the same root as crab, n.]
Sour; rough; austere.
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The crab vintage of the neighb'ring coast. --Dryden.
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Crab \Crab\ (kr[a^]b), v. t.
1. To make sour or morose; to embitter. [Obs.]
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Sickness sours or crabs our nature. --Glanvill.
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2. To beat with a crabstick. [Obs.] --J. Fletcher.
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Crab \Crab\, v. i. (Naut.)
To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel. --Ham. Nav.
Encyc.
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142 Moby Thesaurus words for "crab":
Chinese windlass, Dungeness crab, Japanese crab, Spanish windlass,
air a grievance, bank, beef, bellyache, bellyacher, bitch, bleat,
blue point, bollix, capstan, cat flea, chigoe, clam, clamor,
cockroach, complain, complainant, complainer, coquillage, cramp,
crane, crank, crawdad, crawfish, crayfish, crib, crimp, croak,
croaker, crosspatch, derrick, dip, dog flea, erector, faultfinder,
feather, fishtail, flea, forklift, foul up, fret, fret and fume,
frondeur, fuss, gantry crane, grayback, gripe, griper, groan,
grouch, grouse, grouser, growl, growler, grumble, grumbler, grunt,
gum, gum up, hoist, holler, howl, hydraulic tailgate, jack,
jackscrew, jigger, kick, kicker, kvetch, langouste, lever, lift,
lifter, limpet, littleneck clam, lobster, lodge a complaint, loop,
louse, louse up, malcontent, mite, murmur, murmurer, mussel,
mutter, mutterer, nit, oyster, parasite, periwinkle, plow,
porpoise, prawn, pull out, pull up, push down, quahog, queer,
querulous person, raise a howl, reactionary, reactionist, rebel,
red bug, reel, register a complaint, roach, roll, sand flea,
scallop, shellfish, shrimp, sideslip, skid, snafu, snail,
soft-shell crab, sorehead, spin, spiral, squawk, steamer, stunt,
tackle, take on, undulate, vermin, weevil, whelk, whiner, winch,
windlass, yammer, yap, yaw, yawp, yelp



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  • Crab - Wikipedia
    Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura (meaning "short tailed" in Greek), [a] which typically have a very short projecting tail -like abdomen, usually hidden entirely under the thorax Their exoskeleton is often thickened and hard
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