Crabnoun

• 1

  A unit for measuring the intensity of astrophysical X-ray sources, defined as the intensity of the Crab Nebula at the corresponding X-ray photon energy.

Crabname

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  astrologyastronomyhuman-sciencesThe constellation and zodiacal sign Cancer.

  • This Crab, I confeſſe, did ill become the heavens[.]
  • Cancer, or the Crab, commandeth the Stomach, Limbs, Arteries, Milt, Liver and Gall.

crabnoun詞源 1/kɹæb/

• 1

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

• 2

  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.
• 3

  Various other animals that resemble true crabs:

  • Despite its name, the hermit crab is not a true crab!
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  Various other animals that resemble true crabs:

• 5

  A bad-tempered person.

  • She so obviously enjoyed every second of the concert that only the most stubborn crab could not have been warmed by her charm.
• 6

  informalAn 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.
• 7

  slangcard-gamespokerA playing card with the rank of three.

• 8

  hobbieslifestylerowingA position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.

crabverb詞源 1/kɹæb/

• 1

  To fish for crabs.

• 2

  slangTo ruin.

  • I thought at the time that that little speech meant a savin' of eight dollars,[…] But the Missus crabbed it a few minutes after her and Bess come in the room.
  • ‘Just so we understand each other,’ he said after a pause. ‘If you crab this case, you'll be in a jam.’
• 3

  To complain.

  • “The thing to do is to forget about the heat,” said Tom impatiently. “You make it ten times worse by crabbing about it.”
  • And if we do have to walk, I don't want to have to listen to you crabbing at me, Tad Trenton.
• 4

  To complain about.

  • Well, because of this state of things they crabbed his scheme from the first, ridiculed it, wrote against it, spread broadcast a feeling of distrust.
• 5

  To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).

  • Mutt stalked forward, matching him, step for step, crabbing sideways the way wolves do when they're going for the kill.
  • The aircraft crabbed sideways in the cross-winds and leveled to horizontal.
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  To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.

  • Time slowed down then, became liquid in the aftermath of his grotesque, unfolding limbs; he crabbed his way down the faded line, rocking back and forth in braces he would use all his life.
  • Foot by foot, he crabbed his way down another ninety feet of rock chimney until he stood on solid ground again, still very much alive.
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  broadcastingfilmmediaTo move (a camera) sideways.

  • If panning is not easy to make seem natural, crabbing the camera is even less like any action we perform with our eyes in the real world. There are a few circumstances in which we walk sideways: […]
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  aeronauticsaerospaceaviationTo navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.

crabnoun詞源 2/kɹæb/

• 1

  A crab apple or wild apple.

  • I prithee, let me bring thee where crabs grow; And I with my long nails will dig thee pig-nuts;
  • Just as by cultivation the acrid wild crab has been developed into the beautiful and luscious apple, may the unripe, ill-fed, neglected wild fruits of the fields and slums be developed into pure and noble and beautiful men and women.
• 2

  A tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.

• 3

  A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.

  • She swore to such things , that I could do nothing but swear and call names : upon which out bolts her husband upon me , with a fine taper crab in his hand and fell upon me with such violence , that , being half delirious , I made a full confession
• 4

  A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.

• 5

  A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.

• 6

  A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.

• 7

  A claw for anchoring a portable machine.

crabverb詞源 2/kɹæb/

• 1

  obsoleteTo irritate, make surly or sour

• 2

  To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.

• 3

  dialectalTo cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick

  • Get you to bed, drab, courage Or l'll so crab your shoulders!
  • I was on a horse named The Skipper, a perfect terror to ride when he was in a bad humour, which he invariably was; nevertheless he was a splendid hunter and I never crabbed him.
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  obsoleteTo offend or insult.

  • If I think one thing and speak another, / I will both crab Christ and our Ladie His mother.

crabnoun詞源 3/kɹæb/

• 1

  The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• crab angle
• carabiner
• modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw