| 词汇 | prawn |
| 释义 | prawn noun[ C ] mainly UKuk /prɔːn/ us /prɑːn/(US usuallyshrimp) B2 a small sea animal with a shell and ten legs, that can be eaten: 对虾，明虾，大虾 Prawns are grey when they're raw, and turn pink when they're cooked.对虾生的时候是灰色的，做熟了就变成粉红色。 peeled prawns剥了皮的对虾 Maximilian Stock Ltd./Photolibrary/GettyImages Sea creatures abalone amphipod anemone barnacle barrier reef cowrie crab cray crayfish crustacean littleneck clam lobster marron mollusc mussel shipworm shrimp snow crab soft-shell clam squid Examples of prawnprawn In addition, they serve as nursery areas and habitats for commercially valuable shrimp and prawns, and for locally consumed fish species and mangrove crabs. Mudflats are areas where many species of fish, prawns, shellfish, and other marine fauna spawn and feed. Commercial species including prawns, sardines, mackerels, oil sardines, and some crustaceans are harvested in the region. The impact of the increasing importance of prawns in fisheries has been felt in estuarine fishing too. They were isolated for more than six months and during this period fed on frozen mussels and prawns only. Most species-including prawns and crabs-are popular where seafood has traditionally been easily available. Particularly, the catches of some major species such as breams, mackerel, prawns, and cephalopods declined over the years. In contrast to this, according to the upstream fishermen, only those prawns and fishes that escape the fishing nets in the estuarine bar mouth reach them. Large-scale fishers concentrate on production for urban and export markets (especially prawns for export) while artisanal fishers concentrate on own consumption and local markets, with only a limited export orientation. We all know that that is possible in the case of oysters, lobster and prawns and that in certain cases shellfish poisoning can be fatal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suspect that a bad prawn is good only for a rather bad curry, rather than for a good prawn cocktail. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I emphasise the point that the prawn fishery is not a bottomless pit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Crustaceans are crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns and crayfish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What tests had been carried out on lobsters, crabs or prawns when the statement was made? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Once again, we have the threat of complete closure of haddock, whiting, prawn and other fisheries related to cod allegedly. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English See all examples of prawn These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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