crab

IPA（発音記号）

/kɹæb/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 くだけた表現 俗語 古風

A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace. / (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.

日本語の意味

カニ（甲殻類の一種で、5対の脚と鋏状の前肢を持ち、甲羅に覆われる生物） / カニ肉（この甲殻類から得られる食用の肉）

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While walking along the rocky shore, I watched a crab scuttle sideways into a crevice.

岩の多い海岸を歩いていると、五対の脚を持ち、前方の脚がはさみになり甲羅を持つカニが横歩きで割れ目に入るのを見ました。

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意味（1）

A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.

意味（2）

(uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.

But Richmond[…]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw[…]that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.

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意味（3）

A bad-tempered person.

意味（4）

(in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).

Although crabs themselves are an easily treated inconvenience, the patient and his partner(s) clearly run major STD risks.

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意味（5）

(uncountable, aviation) The angle by which an aircraft's nose is pointed upwind of its groundtrack to compensate for crosswinds during an approach to landing; its crab angle.

The pilot had to hold fifteen degrees of crab during the approach to keep her plane from getting blown off the localizer course.

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意味（6）

(uncountable, aviation) The state of an aircraft's nose being pointed upwind of its groundtrack to compensate for crosswinds during an approach to landing.

意味（7）

(slang) A playing card with the rank of three.

意味（8）

(rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.

意味（9）

A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.

-- I suppose you wouldn't like to do a locum for a month on the South coast? Three guineas a week with board and lodging. -- I wouldn't mind, said Philip. -- It's at Farnley, in Dorsetshire. Doctor South. You'd have to go down at once; his assistant has developed mumps. I believe it's a very pleasant place. There was something in the secretary's manner that puzzled Philip. It was a little doubtful. -- What's the crab in it? he asked.

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意味（10）

(dated) An unsold book that is returned to the publisher.

[…] the unsold copies may be returned to the original publisher , at a period fixed upon between Christmas and Easter; these returned copies are technically called krebse or crabs, probably, from their walking backwards. […] A says to B, I have had eight thousand dollars' worth of your publications, three thousand were crabs, that makes five thousand.

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crabs （ plural ）