shrimp

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of many swimming, often edible, crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a long abdomen. countable,uncountable
    — Butter well a deep dish, upon which place a thick layer of pounded biscuit; having picked and boiled your shrimps, put them upon the biscuit; a layer of shrimps, with small pieces of butter, a little pepper, mace or nutmeg.
  2. The flesh of such crustaceans. uncountable
  3. A small, puny or unimportant person. countable,slang,uncountable
  4. Synonym of butterface countable,slang,uncommon,uncountable
  5. A small penis. countable,derogatory,figuratively,slang,uncountable
    — shrimp dick
动词 v.
  1. To fish for shrimp. intransitive
    — Fishing, shrimping and crabbing are permitted on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions:[…]
  2. To contract; to shrink.

词形变化

shrimp UK,plural shrimps US,plural shrimps present,singular,third-person shrimping participle,present shrimped participle,past shrimped past

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-?
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ-der.
Proto-Indo-European *skrembʰ-
Proto-Germanic *skrimbaną
Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną
Proto-Germanic *skrimpazder.?
Middle English schrimpe
English shrimp
From Middle English schrimpe (“shrimp, puny person”), possibly from or related to Middle Low German schrempen (“to wrinkle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaz (“shrivelled”), from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną (“to shrivel”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ-.
See also Middle High German schrimpf (“a scratch, minor wound”), Norwegian skramp (“thin horse, thin man”); also Old English sċrimman (“to shrink”) and scrimp, Middle High German schrimpfen (“to shrink, dry up”), Swedish skrympa (“to shrink”); also Lithuanian skrembti (“to crust over, stiffen”), and possibly Albanian shkrumb (“embers, ashes; crumble”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-?
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ-der.
Proto-Indo-European *skrembʰ-
Proto-Germanic *skrimbaną
Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną
Proto-Germanic *skrimpazder.?
Middle English schrimpe
English shrimp
From Middle English schrimpe (“shrimp, puny person”), possibly from or related to Middle Low German schrempen (“to wrinkle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaz (“shrivelled”), from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną (“to shrivel”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ-.
See also Middle High German schrimpf (“a scratch, minor wound”), Norwegian skramp (“thin horse, thin man”); also Old English sċrimman (“to shrink”) and scrimp, Middle High German schrimpfen (“to shrink, dry up”), Swedish skrympa (“to shrink”); also Lithuanian skrembti (“to crust over, stiffen”), and possibly Albanian shkrumb (“embers, ashes; crumble”).
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