每天三分钟学英语 第128期:英文"大闸蟹"怎么说

 情景对话：

A: I've never had this kind of crab¹ before. What's it called? 我从来没吃过这种螃蟹。它叫什么？

B: It's a mitten² crab. It's called that because of the fur on its claws. 中华绒螯蟹（大闸蟹）。它叫大闸蟹是因为它钳子上有毛。

What's it called? 它叫什么？

claws 钳子

Mitten crab 大闸蟹

It's called... 这叫…

What's something called? …叫什么？

A: What's that thing that opens the wine bottle called? 那个把酒瓶打开的东西叫什么？

B: It's called a corkscrew. 那叫开瓶器。

corkscrew 开瓶器

1 crab   

n.螃蟹，偏航，脾气乖戾的人，酸苹果；vi.捕蟹，偏航，发牢骚；vt.使偏航，发脾气

参考例句：

• I can't remember when I last had crab.我不记得上次吃蟹是什么时候了。
• The skin on my face felt as hard as a crab's back.我脸上的皮仿佛僵硬了，就象螃蟹的壳似的。

2 mitten   

n.连指手套，露指手套

参考例句：

• There is a hole in the thumb of his mitten.他的手套的姆指上有个洞。
• He took her money in one hand and with the other hand he grasped her mitten and said "Take me to where you live.I want to see your brother and meet your parents".他一手接过她的钱，一手抓起她的连指手套，“带我去你住的地方，我想见见你的弟弟和你的父母。