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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。
捕蟹；捉螃蟹
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
捕蟹；捉螃蟹
to catch crabs for food
We went crabbing last weekend.
我们上周末去捕蟹了。
使(飞机)侧航以修正侧风
direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
像螃蟹一样横着疾走
scurry sideways like a crab
捕蟹
fish for crab
crab
Base
原形
crabs
3rd person
第三人称单数
crabbing
-ing
现在分词
crabbed
Past
过去式
crabbed
Past participle
过去分词
He often crabs about the weather.
他经常抱怨天气。
She crabbed all day yesterday.
她昨天抱怨了一整天。
They are crabbing along the shore.
他们正在海岸边捉螃蟹。
动词crab有两个常见意思：抱怨或捉螃蟹。
He's always crabbing about the weather, even when it's sunny.
他老是抱怨天气，即使是大晴天也这样。
My grandmother crabbed nonstop during the long car ride.
我奶奶在长途乘车时不停地发牢骚。
Stop crabbing and help me fix this issue.
别发牢骚了，帮我解决这个问题吧。
固定搭配，表示去捕蟹。
We went crabbing last weekend.
我们上周末去捕蟹了。
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。
指因风或水流而侧向漂移。
The boat crabbed to the left.
船向左偏航了。
Not this
He crabbed the waiter about the slow service.
Use this
He crabbed at the waiter about the slow service.
动词 crab 表示抱怨时是不及物动词，需要加介词 at 或 about 接宾语。汉语中“抱怨”可以直接带宾语，但英语必须用介词。
Not this
We crabbed several crabs in the afternoon.
Use this
We caught several crabs in the afternoon.
动词 crab 表示捕蟹时是不及物动词，不能直接接螃蟹作为宾语。应使用动词 catch 或说 go crabbing。汉语中“捕蟹”可以带宾语，但英语中 crab 作为捕蟹义是不及物的。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
蟹人，蟹人，吃起来像螃蟹，说起话来像人。
The 'crab people' chant from the South Park episode 'Go God Go' is now a widely used internet meme.
出自《南方公园》剧集《Go God Go》的“蟹人”口号现在已成为广泛使用的网络迷因。
Use crab naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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。
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。
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.
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