lobster
英语
编辑
词源
编辑继承自中古英语 loppestere、lopster，来自古英语 loppestre (“龙虾，像蜘蛛的生物”)，源头不确定。有些人认为是拉丁语 lō̆custa (“蚱蜢，蝗虫”)讹变 + 古英语阴性代理后缀-estre。在拉丁语短语lō̆custa marīna（字面意思为“海蚱蜢”）用来表示一种甲壳动物（虾子或龙虾）。
或者是来自古英语 lobbe、loppe (“蜘蛛”) + 古英语阴性代理后缀-estre，等同于lop + -ster。
发音
编辑形容词
编辑lobster (比较级 more lobster，最高级 most lobster)
- 红色的，用于形容晒伤的皮肤
- 近义词：red as a lobster
名词
编辑lobster (可数 和 不可数，复数 lobsters)
- 大螯虾，螯虾
- 1991, Markus Grosskopf, "Shit and Lobster", Helloween, Pink Bubbles Go Ape.
- Some get shit and some get lobster
- （请为本引文添加中文翻译）
- 1991, Markus Grosskopf, "Shit and Lobster", Helloween, Pink Bubbles Go Ape.
- 龙虾
- (俚语，历史) 英国军队的军官和士兵
- (俚语) 澳大利亚的二十元纸币，其颜色为橘红色
同义词
编辑- (英国士兵) lobsterback, redcoat
下位语
编辑- (龙虾)： cray, langouste, spiny lobster, rock lobster
衍生词
编辑- American lobster (Homarus americanus)
- Andaman lobster (Metanephrops andamanicus)
- Arafura lobster (Metanephrops arafurensis)
- Bermuda lobster (Panulirus argus)
- bight lobster (Metanephrops boschmai)
- blue lobster (Procambarus alleni)
- California lobster (Panulirus interruptus)
- Cape lobster (Homarinus capensis)
- Caribbean lobster (Metanephrops binghami)
- China lobster (Metanephrops sinensis)
- clawed lobster
- common lobster
- European lobster (Homarus gammarus)
- fan lobster (Ibacinae spp.)
- Formosa lobster
- furry lobster (Palinurellus spp.)
- globster
- Japanese lobster (Metanephrops japonicus)
- lobsterback
- lobster box
- lobster caterpillar (Stauropus alternus)
- lobster clasp
- lobsterer
- lobsterette
- lobsterish
- lobsterlike
- lobsterling
- lobster louse Nicothoe astaci)
- lobsterman
- lobster moth (Stauropus alternus)
- lobster mushroom (Hypomyces lactifluorum)
- lobster palace
- lobster pot
- lobster pound
- lobster sauce
- lobster scorpion (Heterometrus swammerdami)
- lobster shift
- lobster-tailed pot
- lobster thermidor
- lobster trap
- lobstery
- Maine lobster (Homarus americanus)
- (Metanephrops formosanus)
- mitten lobster (Parribacus spp.))
- mole lobster (Palinurellus wieneckii)
- mud lobster
- Neptune lobster (Metanephrops neptunus)
- New Zealand lobster (Metanephrops challengeri)
- northwest lobster (Metanephrops australiensis)
- Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)
- reef lobster (Enoplometopus spp.)
- rock lobster (Palinuridae)
- scorpion lobster
- sculpted lobster (Metanephrops sagamiensis)
- Siboga lobster (Metanephrops sibogae)
- slipper lobster (Scyllaridae)
- spiny lobster (Palinuridae)
- squat lobster (Galatheoidea and Chirostyloidea)
- the world is one's lobster
- tree lobster
- true lobster (Homarus americanus)
- velvet lobster (Metanephrops velutinus)
- white lobster
参见
编辑动词
编辑lobster (第三人称单数简单现在时 lobsters，现在分词 lobstering，一般过去时及过去分词 lobstered)
- 捕龙虾