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WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: | 主要翻译 | | shrimp nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | UK (edible sea creature: Crangon) | 褐虾
| | | | 其他翻译 | | shrimp nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | figurative (person: small) | 矮子
ǎi zi | | | | 小不点
xiǎo bù diǎn | | | Ellen is only five feet tall; she's a shrimp. |
WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: 复合形式：
prawn | shrimp | prawn cocktail (UK),
shrimp cocktail (US) nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (prawns with Marie Rose sauce) | 大虾冷盘
| | prawn cocktail n as adjnoun as adjective: Describes another noun--for example, "boat race," "dogfood." | UK (flavored with prawn cocktail) | 大虾冷盘味的
| | | I'd like a packet of prawn cocktail crisps, please. | shrimp (US),
prawn (UK,
AU) nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (small edible sea creature) | 虾
xiā | shrimp (US),
prawn (UK,
AU) n as adjnoun as adjective: Describes another noun--for example, "boat race," "dogfood." | (containing, flavored with shrimp) | 虾的
| | | | 虾味的
| shrimp (US),
prawn (UK) viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (catch shrimp) | 抓虾
zhuā xiā | | | | 捕虾
bǔ xiā | | | The fishermen were shrimping. | | | 渔夫在抓虾。 |
Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011: prawn [pr%:n] (Brit) n [c] 虾(蝦) xiā [只 zhī] [美 = shrimp] |