lobster
英語[編輯]
詞源[編輯]
繼承自中古英語 loppestere、lopster，來自古英語 loppestre (「龍蝦，像蜘蛛的生物」)，源頭不確定。有些人認為是拉丁語 lō̆custa (「蚱蜢，蝗蟲」)訛變 + 古英語陰性代理後綴-estre。在拉丁語短語lō̆custa marīna（字面意思為「海蚱蜢」）用來表示一種甲殼動物（蝦子或龍蝦）。
或者是來自古英語 lobbe、loppe (「蜘蛛」) + 古英語陰性代理後綴-estre，等同於lop + -ster。
發音[編輯]
形容詞[編輯]
lobster (比較級 more lobster, 最高級 most lobster)
- 紅色的，用於形容曬傷的皮膚
- 近義詞： red as a lobster
名詞[編輯]
lobster (可數 和 不可數, 複數 lobsters)
- 大螯蝦，螯蝦
- 1991, Markus Grosskopf, "Shit and Lobster", Helloween, Pink Bubbles Go Ape.
- Some get shit and some get lobster
- （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
- 1991, Markus Grosskopf, "Shit and Lobster", Helloween, Pink Bubbles Go Ape.
- 龍蝦
- (俚語，歷史) 英國軍隊的軍官和士兵
- (俚語) 澳大利亞的二十元紙幣，其顏色為橘紅色
同義詞[編輯]
- (英國士兵) lobsterback, redcoat
下位語[編輯]
- (龍蝦)： cray, langouste, spiny lobster, rock lobster
衍生詞[編輯]
- 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
參見[編輯]
動詞[編輯]
lobster (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 lobsters, 現在分詞 lobstering, 一般過去時及過去分詞 lobstered)
- 捕龍蝦