shrimp /ʃrimp/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible
• (v.) fish for shrimp

Chinese translation

• n. 虾, 小虾, 矮子
• vi. 捕小虾

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/ʃrimp/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

CET-6 · TOEFL

Frequency

Zipf 3.79 · Super Rare

Word forms

shrimping, shrimped, shrimps

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shrine · shrink · shrinkage · shrill · shriek · shrivel

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