Word · Frequency #8024
crab
捕蟹；捉螃蟹
to catch crabs for food
- 1.
direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
使(飞机)侧航以修正侧风
- 2.
scurry sideways like a crab
像螃蟹一样横着疾走
- 3.
fish for crab
捕蟹
横着走；蟹行；进行侧风修正；使机头对准侧风；使(飞机)侧航以修正侧风；像螃蟹一样横着疾走；捕蟹
In use
He's always crabbing about the weather, even when it's sunny.
My grandmother crabbed nonstop during the long car ride.
Stop crabbing and help me fix this issue.
go + verb-ing (crabbing)
固定搭配，表示去捕蟹。
We went crabbing last weekend.
我们上周末去捕蟹了。
crab about sth
非正式用法，常带有不满情绪。
She keeps crabbing about the weather.
她不停地抱怨天气。
crab (direction)
指因风或水流而侧向漂移。
The boat crabbed to the left.
船向左偏航了。
Connections
Collocations
- go crabbing
- 去捕蟹；去抓螃蟹
- They went crabbing in the bay every summer.他们每年夏天都去海湾捕蟹。
- crab sideways
- 像螃蟹一样横着走
- The tiny robot crabbed sideways across the table.小机器人像螃蟹一样横着从桌上爬过。
- crab into the wind
- 迎侧风做航向修正；使机头对准侧风
- The pilot crabbed into the wind to keep the plane on the centerline.飞行员迎侧风做了航向修正，使飞机保持在中心线上。
Idioms & figurative uses
- catch a crab
- 划船时因桨入水过深或失误而失去平衡He caught a crab at the last stroke and the boat nearly tipped over.他在最后一下划桨时失误，船差点翻了。
- crabs in a bucket
- 螃蟹效应，比喻互相拖累、不希望他人成功的心态Their team suffers from a crabs-in-a-bucket mentality, so no one ever gets ahead.他们团队有一种螃蟹效应心态，所以谁也无法出人头地。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
crab 本义是螃蟹，动词指像螃蟹一样横着走、捕蟹，或在侧风中斜飞修正方向：记住螃蟹横行，crab 就是横着来。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：crosswind flight、sideways movement、crab fishing 该动词有多个含义，语域不一：航空领域的“侧风修正”多用于专业技术语境；“像螃蟹一样横着走”比较常见于口语或文学描写；“捕蟹”则是日常活动用语。整体上看语域混合。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all rhyme with crab, sharing the final /æb/ sound. Be careful not to confuse the final consonant: crab ends in /b/, so cram (/kræm/) and crap (/kræp/) look similar but do not rhyme with it.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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