英语单词“crab”的意思是螃蟹,读音为英 [kræb]、美 [kræb]。以下是“crab”的一些例句:
1. “The children were playing with their crabs in the sea.”(孩子们在海边和他们的螃蟹玩。)
2. “He picked up a crab and put it back into its shell.”(他拿起一只螃蟹,把它放回壳里。)
3. “Can I use your crab pan?”(我用你的螃蟹盘行吗?) 4. “There was a queue for the last few pieces of rock crab at the end of the dock.”(船坞那头只剩几条波士顿大蟹钳蟹,还排起了长队。)
5. “Their order included some red swollen land crab for desert.”(他们的菜单上包含一些红彤彤的肿胀的陆蟹。)
6. “Auntie always used to grill fresh crabs in the backyard.”(阿姨总是喜欢在后院里烤新鲜的螃蟹。)
7. “When you handle a crab, it always looks as if it’s in a bad mood.”(当你触碰一只螃蟹的时候,它总是看起来很不高兴的样子。)
8. “We picked up some delicious blue crabs for dinner at a local fish market.”(我们在当地的市场买了一些美味的蓝蟹用于晚餐。)
9. “They love to go crabbing with their friends in the summer.”(他们喜欢在夏天和朋友们一起去抓螃蟹。)
10. “My uncle is an expert at picking out delicious crabs.”(我的叔叔是一位挑选美味的螃蟹的专家。)
此外,“crab”还可以指人的心态“嫉妒”(in one's crab's corner: 嫉妒),还可以做及物动词表“使挤在一起”、“挤成皱折”之意,有这几个比较抽象的词意的时候,其使用情境常搭配一定的状语或补语来表达更具体的含义。不过在大部分情况下,“crab”最直观的意思就是“螃蟹”。