夏天是吃“小龙虾”的好季节,
一盆麻辣小龙虾再配上冰啤那种感觉简直是人间天堂啊~~~
看到“小龙虾”我不禁在想,
大家会怎么用英语表达“小龙虾”呢?
Small lobster? Nooo...
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#Small lobster
说到“龙虾”的英语很多人立马想到了lobster, 所以小龙虾就应该是small lobster。虾有很多种,lobster是长上面那个样子的,乍一看有点像, 但仔细看它比小龙虾个头更大。我们来看看free dictionary对lobster的解释。
关键词marine:海产的
所以lobster是海产的,而我们吃的小龙虾都是来自淡水,所以lobster不是我们要找的小龙虾。
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#shrimp
shrimp也是虾,但是经常出现就酒席里的基围虾.
1. (Animals) any of various chiefly marine decapod crustaceans of the genus Crangon and related genera, having a slender flattened body with a long tail and a single pair of pincers
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#crawfish /crayfish
在google过程中发现页面有相关的词crayfish, 于是搜图片发现跟我们要找的小龙虾形象是吻合的, 再在free dictionary里查词义。
Any of various freshwater crustaceans of the families Astacidae and Cambaridae of the Northern Hemisphere andthe family Parastacidae of the Southern Hemisphere, resembling a lobster but considerably smaller. Also called mudbug; also called regionally crawdad.
兜兜转转终于找到我们要找的“下龙虾”啦,
crawfish: ['krɔfɪʃ]
crayfish: ['kre'fɪʃ]
两种写法都可以。
复数形式:crawfishes,crayfishes
但两词略有区别:crayfish更加官方,标准, 但crawfish更通俗,使用也更多, 菜单上也更多用crawfish。
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#美味小龙虾
香辣小龙虾:spicy crawfish
蒜蓉小龙虾:garlic crawfish
清蒸下龙虾:boiled crawfish