shrimp: [14] The shrimp’s name appears to echo its small size. It was probably borrowed from some Low German source, and its possible relatives include Middle Low German schrempen ‘shrink, wrinkle’ and modern German schrumpfen ‘shrivel, shrink’. Its use for a ‘tiny person’ is virtually as old in English as its application to the crustacean, and probably goes right back to its original source.
shrimp (n.)
early 14c., "slender, edible marine crustacean," probably from Old Norse skreppa "thin person," from Proto-Germanic *skrimp- (see scrimp). Related to Old English scrimman "to shrink;" the connecting notion is probably "thinness" (compare Danish dialectal skrimpe "thin cattle"). The meaning "puny person" in English is attested from late 14c.; an especially puny one might be a shrimplet (1680s).
shrimp (v.)
"fish for shrimp," 1801 (implied in shrimping ), from shrimp (n.). Related: Shrimper (1808).
双语例句
1. Atanas ordered a shrimp cocktail and a salad.
阿塔纳斯点了一份鸡尾冷虾和一份色拉。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Add the shrimp and cook for 30 seconds.
放入小虾，煮30秒。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Shrimp are raised in long uniform ponds, frozen in the nearby packing plant and shipped north.
虾放养在清一色的长池子里，再送到附近的包装车间冷冻，最后用船运往北方。
来自柯林斯例句
4. When the shrimp farm is built it will block the stream.
一旦养虾场建起来，将会截断这条河流。
来自辞典例句
5. Experiments were made to adapt this variety of shrimp to fresh water.
