English Dictionary

shrimp

/ʃɹɪmp/

noun

Any of many swimming, often edible, crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a long abdomen.

I love eating shrimp.

意味（1）

Any of many swimming, often edible, crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a long abdomen.

Butter well a deep dish, upon which place a thick layer of pounded biscuit; having picked and boiled your shrimps, put them upon the biscuit; a layer of shrimps, with small pieces of butter, a little pepper, mace or nutmeg.

意味（2）

(uncountable) The flesh of such crustaceans.

意味（3）

(slang) A small, puny or unimportant person.

意味（4）

(slang, uncommon) Synonym of butterface: a person with an attractive body but unattractive face.