英和和英

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɹɪmpi/
• 韻: -ɪmpi

形容詞

shrimpy (comparative shrimpier, superlative shrimpiest)

1. Resembling or characteristic of shrimp; shrimplike.
   • 2012, Marnie Henricksson, Everyday Asian:

     These dried shrimp crackers […] have a pleasant shrimpy taste and are nice and crunchy.

2. Physically puny.
   • 2010, Jordan Sonnenblick, Zen and the Art of Faking It:

     I looked up, and there was a shrimpy little kid standing next to the rock, carrying a backpack that might have weighed more than he did.

派生語

• shrimpiness