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).
雙語例句
1. Atanas ordered a shrimp cocktail and a salad.
阿塔納斯點(diǎn)了一份雞尾冷蝦和一份色拉。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Add the shrimp and cook for 30 seconds.
放入小蝦，煮30秒。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Shrimp are raised in long uniform ponds, frozen in the nearby packing plant and shipped north.