shrimp
n
1 small marine shellfish that is used for food, becoming pink when boiled 小虾. =>illus at shellfish 见 shellfish 插图.
2 (joc or derog 谑或贬) very small person 矮小的人
a pale, skinny shrimp 面黄肌瘦的小个子. shrimp, v [I]
(usu 通常作 go shrimping) try to catch shrimps 去捉小虾.
They had to work inside the ship, cutting away old metal, fixing new metal plates, drilling holes, laying electrical and phone wires and fixing new pipes for water and steam.
他们要在船舱里工作,切掉旧的金属,焊接新的金属板,钻孔,埋电线和电话线以及安装新的水管和蒸汽管。
All the bees that had been at the nearby place were doing the circling dance.