Crab stickとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Shortened form of imitation crab stick, from being a stick of meat that imitates a de-shelled crab leg

名詞

crab stick (複数形 crab sticks)

1. processed seafood made of surimi (starch かつ white fish), shaped and cured to resemble the leg meat of crab

同意語

• imitation crab stick
• crab surimi stick
• sea legs

語源 1

From crab (“wild apple”) +‎ stick.

名詞

crabstick (複数形 crabsticks)

1. (now rare) A cudgel, originally made of the wood of a crabapple tree, hence any similar club.
   • 1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, vol. VI, letter 106:

     [O]ne of them who appeared to have the most spirit had a knotted crab-stick in his hand, and insisted that the Irishman should not leave the company, till he had first given satisfaction for the insult he had committed on them all.

2. (obsolete) A crabby, ill-tempered person.

語源 2

crabsticks

From crab (“crustacean”) +‎ stick.

名詞

crabstick (複数形 crabsticks)

1. A processed food, made of surimi to somewhat resemble the legs of a crab.