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発音

• IPA: /ˈkɹɒˌfɪʃ/

名詞

crawfish (countable and uncountable, plural crawfishes or crawfish)

1. (Southern US, especially Louisiana and Texas, Midwest, Western US) Any of various freshwater crustaceans: crayfish.

   Synonyms: crawdad, crawldad, crawlfish, crayfish, mudbug, yabby (Australia)

2. (South Africa) Any of various marine crustaceans, rock lobster; especially Jasus lalandii, the Cape crawfish.
3. (Quebec, Canada, slang, derogatory) An English-Canadian. Used in some corners of Quebec (including the Gaspé).

使用する際の注意点

• See the usage notes (and compare senses) at crayfish.

派生語

動詞

crawfish (third-person singular simple present crawfishes, present participle crawfishing, simple past and past participle crawfished)

1. (intransitive) To fish for crawfish.
2. (intransitive, colloquial, Southern US) To backpedal, desert or withdraw (also used with out).
   • 1968, Charles Portis, True Grit:

     I have never been one to flinch or crawfish when faced with an unpleasant task.

参照

Further reading

• “crawfish”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “crawfish, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.