n. 蛄, 小龙虾

vi. (美)(非正式)后退, 退却, 退缩

Crawfish \Craw"fish`\ (kr[add]"f[i^]sh`), Crayfish \Cray"fish`\
(kr[=a]"f[i^]sh`), n.; pl. {-fishes} or {-fish}. [Corrupted
fr. OE. crevis, creves, OF. crevice, F. ['e]crevisse, fr.
OHG. krebiz crab, G. krebs. See {Crab}. The ending -fish
arose from confusion with E. fish.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any decapod crustacean of the family {Astacid[ae]} (genera
{Cambarus} and {Cambarus}), resembling the lobster, but
smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed
very delicate food both in Europe and America. The North
American species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus
{Cambarus}. The blind crawfish of the Mammoth Cave is
{Cambarus pellucidus}. The common European species is
{Astacus fluviatilis}.

Syn: crawdad, crawdaddy.

2. tiny lobsterlike crustaceans usually boiled briefly.

Syn: crawdad, ecrevisse.
[WordNet 1.5]

3. a large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace
but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters.

Syn: spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crayfish, sea
crawfish.
[WordNet 1.5]

crawfish \crawfish\ v. i.
to back out in a humilating manner; as, We'll have to
crawfish out from meeting with him.

Syn: retreat, back out, back away, crawfish out, withdraw.
[WordNet 1.5]