shrimp

Определение shrimp в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: to fish for shrimp; a small or unimportant person; the flesh of the crustaceans; any of many small decapod crustaceans, of the infraorders Caridea, many of which are edible; {n} a small shellfish, dwarf, very little man; Shrimps are small shellfish with long tails and many legs. Add the shrimp and cook for 30 seconds. Any of approximately 2,000 decapod species (suborder Natantia) having a semitransparent body flattened from side to side and a flexible abdomen terminating in a fanlike tail. The appendages are modified for swimming, and the antennae are long and whiplike. Shrimps occur in shallow and deep ocean waters and in lakes and streams. Species range from less than an inch (a few millimeters) to about 8 in. (20 cm) long. Larger species are often called prawns. Shrimps swim backward by rapidly flexing the abdomen and tail. They eat small plants and animals; some species eat carrion. Many species are commercially important as food. See also fairy shrimp; A small shellfish which can be fried, boiled, smothered, etc and is used in many cajun dishes; In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp; kung; To contract; to shrink; any of various edible decapod crustaceans; Small aquatic edible decapod crustacean; fish for shrimp; a small edible shellfish with a pair of claws and a long tail; a small shellfish with a long tail and lots of legs; In a more general sense, any species of the macruran tribe Caridea, or any species of the order Schizopoda, having a similar form; See under Fairy, and Brine; America's most popular shellfish, the best shrimp is, of course, freshly caught and fairly local Most shrimp is frozen however; Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs; Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; in contempt; small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible; {f} catch shrimp, fish for shrimp; Many of them are used as food; The most valuable seafood product Hundreds of species found both in fresh and salt water Closer to half a dozen species are used commercially; small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible fish for shrimp; {i} any of a number of small long-tailed marine crustaceans (some of which are edible); small person or thing; insignificant person or thing (Informal); disparaging terms for small people; of Decapoda; The larger kinds are called also prawns; prawns; ebi
shrimp butter: butter blended with chopped shrimp or seasoned with essence from shrimp shells
shrimp cocktail: A shrimp cocktail is a dish that consists of shrimp, salad, and a sauce. It is usually eaten at the beginning of a meal. shrimps without their shells that are cooked and put in a pink sauce, and eaten cold before the main part of a meal British Equivalent: prawn cocktail
shrimp cocktail: a cocktail of cold cooked shrimp and a sauce
shrimp newburg: shrimp in Newburg sauce usually served in a rice ring
Shrimper: someone connected with Southend United Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc
brine shrimp: An aquatic crustacean of the taxonomic order Artemia, one species of which is often marketed under the name Sea-Monkey as a novelty gift
clam shrimp: A kind of branchiopod crustacean, of the order Conchostraca, which is covered by a bivalve shell and well adopted to live in temporary, shallow ponds
fairy shrimp: A small freshwater branchiopod having a transparent body with many appendages and swimming on its back
northern shrimp: a species of shrimp found in cold parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Pandalus borealis
peppermint shrimp: A species of shrimp found in the Atlantic Ocean which is distinctive for the bright red stripes on its otherwise translucent body
pink shrimp: a species of shrimp found in cold parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Pandalus borealis
potted shrimp: A traditional Lancastrian dish of brown shrimp in mace-flavoured butter, set in a small pot
shrimper: One who fishes for or catches shrimp
shrimpy: Resembling shrimp; shrimplike
tadpole shrimp: a crustacean from the Notostraca order
brine shrimp: A tiny species of shrimp growing to only about 1/4 inch Also known as "Sea Monkeys", they are sold as a source of fish food Brine shrimp make a delicious snack for reef fishes, but are not very nutritious and should not be used as the sole food source
brine shrimp: common to saline lakes
brine shrimp: Sometimes sold as sea monkeys, these shrimp grow to about 1/4 inch and are used as a live food for fish They are easily hatched and their eggs may be stored dry for years
brine shrimp: Any of various small crustaceans of the genus Artemia. Any of several small crustaceans (genus Artemia) inhabiting brine pools and other highly salty inland waters throughout the world. A. salina, which occurs in vast numbers in Great Salt Lake, Utah, is commercially important. Young brine shrimp hatched there from dried eggs are used widely as food for fish and other small animals in aquariums. Up to 0.6 in. (15 mm) long, the brine shrimp's body has a distinguishable head and a slender abdomen. It normally swims upside down, and it feeds primarily on green algae, which it filters from the water with its legs
fairy shrimp: small freshwater branchiopod having a transparent body with many appendages; swims on its back
fairy shrimp: Any of various transparent freshwater crustaceans of the order Anostraca that lack a carapace and characteristically swim upside-down. Any of the crustaceans in the order Anostraca, named for their graceful movements and pastel colours. Some grow to 1 in. (2.5 cm) or more in length. They live in freshwater ponds in Europe, Central Asia, western North America, the drier regions of Africa, and Australia. See also shrimp
mantis shrimp: tropical marine burrowing crustaceans with large grasping appendages
opossum shrimp: shrimp-like crustaceans whose females carry eggs and young in a pouch between the legs
seed shrimp: tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell
shrimped: past of shrimp
shrimper: a vessel engaged in shrimping
shrimper: One who fishes for shrimps
shrimping: the activity of fishing for shrimps
shrimping: present participle of shrimp
shrimps: third-person singular of shrimp
shrimps: crangonidae
shrimpy: (used especially of persons) of inferior size
skeleton shrimp: small amphipod crustacean having a grotesque form suggestive of the praying mantis; found chiefly on seaweed
snapping shrimp: small shrimp that makes a snapping noise with one of their enlarged chelae
tadpole shrimp: a kind of branchiopod crustacean

shrimp

Турецкое произношение

şrîmp

Синонимы

prawn

Произношение

/ˈsʜrəmp/ /ˈʃrɪmp/

Этимология

() Middle English schrimpe ‘shrimp, puny person’, from Proto-Germanic *skrempaz (cf. Middle High German schrimpf ‘scratch’, Norwegian skramp ‘thin horse, thin man’), from *skrempanan (cf. Old English scrimman ‘to shrink’, Middle High German schrimpfen ‘to shrink, dry up’, Swedish skrympa ‘to shrink’), from Proto-Indo-European *skremb, *skr̥mb (cf. Lithuanian skrembti ‘to crust over, stiffen’).