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crab

N คน อารมณ์ ที่ ชอบ หาเรื่อง คน อารมณ์ร้าย crabby person khon-ar-rom-ti-chob-ha-reang

crab

crab

N เค รน เครื่อง ที่ ใช้ ยก หรือ ดึง crane kran

crab

N เนื้อ ปู crabmeat nnun-pu

crab

N โลน crab louse pubic louse lon

crab

VI จับ ปู jub-pu

crab

VI หา ข้อผิดพลาด criticize har-kor-pid-plad

crab

VI เคลื่อนที่ ทาง ด้าน ข้าง klean-ti-tang-dan-kang

crab

VT ทำลาย ruin tam-lai

crab

VT ทำให้ ฉุนเฉียว tam-hai-chun-chial

crab louse

N โลน crab pubic louse lon

crabbed

A ที่ มี อารมณ์ ฉุนเฉียว และ โกรธ ง่าย ที่ เข้าใจ ได้ ยาก recondite abstruse

crabber

N เรือ หรือ คน จับ ปู คนที่ มี อารมณ์ ฉุนเฉียว ขี้โมโห

crabbing

N การ จับ ปู

crabby

ADJ ที่ อารมณ์เสีย ที่ มี อารมณ์ ฉุนเฉียว peevish ill-tempered ti-ar-rom-sia

crabby

SL หงุดหงิด ngud-ngid

crabmeat

N เนื้อ ปู crab nnun-pu

crabs

SL โลน lon

crabstick

N คนที่ นิสัย ฉุนเฉียว กระบอง ไม้เท้า

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CRAB

n.[Gr. L.] 1. A crustaceous fish, the cray-fish, Cancer, a genus containing numerous species. They have usually ten feet, two of which are furnished with claws; two eyes, pedunculated, elongated and movable. To this genus belong the lobster, the shrimp, etc.
2. A wild apple, or the tree producing it; so named from its rough taste.
3. A peevish morose person.
4. A wooden engine with three claws for launching ships and heaving them into the dock.
5. A pillar used sometimes for the same purpose as a capstan.
6. Cancer, a sign in the zodiac.
Crabs claws, in the materia medica, the tips of the claws of the common crab; used as absorbents.
Crabs eyes, in pharmacy, concretions formed in the stomach of the cray-fish. They are rounded on one side, and depressed and sinuated on the other, considerably heavy, moderately hard, and without smell. They are absorbent, discussive and diuretic.
Crab-lice, small insects that stick fast to the skin.

CRAB

a.Sour; rough; austere.

CRAB-APPLE

n.A wild apple. [See Crab. ]

CRAB-GRASS

n.A genus of plants, the Digitaria.

CRAB-TREE

n.The tree that bears crabs.

CRAB-YAWS

n.The name of a disease in the West Indies, being a kind of ulcer on the soles of the feet, with hard callous lips.

CRABBED

a.[from crab. ] 1. Rough; harsh; austere; sour; peevish; morose; cynical; applied to the temper.
2. Rough; harsh; applied to things.
3. Difficult; perplexing; as a crabbed author or subject.

CRABBEDLY

adv. Peevishly; roughly; morosely; with perplexity.

CRABBEDNESS

n. 1. Roughness; harshness.
2. Sourness; peevishness; asperity.
3. Difficulty; perplexity.

CRABBY

CRABER

n.The water-rat.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CRAB

Crab (krb ), n. Etym: [AS. crabba; akin to D. krab, G. krabbe, krebs, Icel. krabbi, Sw. krabba, Dan. krabbe, and perh. to E. cramp. Cf. Crawfish. ]

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body.

Note: The name is applied to all the Brachyura, and to certain Anomura, as the hermit crabs. Formerly, it was sometimes applied to Crustacea in general. Many species are edible, the blue crab of the Atlantic coast being one of the most esteemed. The large European edible crab is Cancer padurus. Soft-shelled crabs are blue crabs that have recently cast their shells. See Cancer; also, Box crab, Fiddler crab, Hermit crab, Spider crab, etc. , under Box, Fiddler. etc.

2. The zodiacal constellation Cancer.

3. Etym: [See Crab, a.] (Bot. )

Defn: A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste. When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl. Shak.

4. A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick. [Obs. ] Garrick.

5. (Mech. ) (a ) A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc. (b ) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc. (c ) A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn. (d ) A claw for anchoring a portable machine. Calling crab. (Zoöl.) See Fiddler. , n., 2. -- Crab apple, a small, sour apple, of several kinds; also, the tree which bears it; as, the European crab apple (Pyrus Malus var. sylvestris ); the Siberian crab apple (Pyrus baccata ); and the American (Pyrus coronaria ). -- Crab grass. (Bot. ) (a ) A grass (Digitaria, or Panicum, sanguinalis ); -- called also finger grass. (b ) A grass of the genus Eleusine (E. Indica ); -- called also dog's-tail grass, wire grass, etc. -- Crab louse (Zoöl.), a species of louse (Phthirius pubis ), sometimes infesting the human body. -- Crab plover (Zoöl.), an Asiatic plover (Dromas ardeola ). -- Crab's eyes, or Crab's stones, masses of calcareous matter found, at certain seasons of the year, on either side of the stomach of the European crawfishes, and formerly used in medicine for absorbent and antacid purposes; the gastroliths. -- Crab spider (Zoöl.), one of a group of spiders (Laterigradæ ); --called because they can run backwards or sideways like a crab. -- Crab tree, the tree that bears crab applies. -- Crab wood, a light cabinet wood obtained in Guiana, which takes a high polish. McElrath. -- To catch a crab (Naut. ), a phrase used of a rower: (a ) when he fails to raise his oar clear of the water; (b ) when he misses the water altogether in making a stroke.

CRAB

CRAB Crab (krb ), v. t.

1. To make sour or morose; to embitter. [Obs. ] Sickness sours or crabs our nature. Glanvill.

2. To beat with a crabstick. [Obs. ] J. Fletcher.

CRAB

CRAB Crab, v. i. (Naut. )

Defn: To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

CRAB

Crab, a. Etym: [Prob. from the same root as crab, n.]

Defn: Sour; rough; austere. The crab vintage of the neighb'ring coast. Dryden.

CRABBED

Crab "bed (krb "bd ), a. Etym: [See Crab, n.]

1. Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners. Crabbed age and youth can not live together. Shak.

2. Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste.

3. Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author. "Crabbed eloquence. " Chaucer. How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose. Milton.

4. Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting. -- Crab "bed *ly, adv. -- Crab "bed *ness, n.

CRABBER

CRABBER Crab "ber (krb "br ), n.

Defn: One who catches crabs.

CRABBING

CRABBING Crab "bing, n.

1. The act or art of catching crabs.

Defn: The foghting of hawks with each other.

3. (Woolem Manuf.)

Defn: A process of scouring clocth be

CRABBISH

CRABBISH Crab "bish (krb "bsh ), a.

Defn: Somewhat sour or cross. The wips of the most crabbish Satyristes. Decker.

CRABBY

CRABBY Crab "by (-b ), a.

Defn: Crabbed; difficult, or perplexing. "Persius is crabby, because ancient. " Marston.

CRABEATER

CRABEATER Crab "eat `er (krb "t `r ), n. (Zoöl.)(a ) The cobia. (b ) An etheostomoid fish of the southern United States (Hadropterus nigrofasciatus ). (c ) A small European heron (Ardea minuta, and other allied species ).

CRABER

CRABER Cra "ber (kr "br ), n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The water rat. Walton.

CRABFACED

CRABFACED Crab "faced ` (krb "fst `), a.

Defn: Having a sour, disagreeable countenance. Beau & Fl.

CRABSIDLE

CRABSIDLE Crab "si `dle (-s `d'l ), v. i.

Defn: To move sidewise, as a crab. [Jocular ]. Southey.

CRABSTICK

CRABSTICK Crab "stick ` (-stk `), n.

Defn: A stick, cane, or cudgel, made of the wood of the carb tree.

CRAB TREE

CRAB TREE Crab " tree (tr `).

Defn: See under Crab.

CRAB-YAWS

CRAB-YAWS Crab "-yaws ` (krb "yz `), n. (Med. )

Defn: A disease in the West Indies. It is a kind of ulcer on the soles of the feet, with very hard edges. See Yaws. Dunglison.

New American Oxford Dictionary

crab

crab 1 |krab kræb | ▶noun 1 a crustacean with a broad carapace, stalked eyes, and five pairs of legs, the first pair of which are modified as pincers. Crabs are abundant on many shores, esp. in the tropics, where some have become adapted to life on land. [Many families in the order Decapoda, class Malacostraca. ] • the flesh of a crab as food. • (the Crab ) the zodiacal sign or constellation Cancer. 2 (also crab louse ) a louse that infests human body hair, esp. in the genital region, causing extreme irritation. Also called pubic louse. [Phthirus pubis, family Pediculidae, order Anoplura. ] • ( crabs ) informal an infestation of crab lice. 3 a machine for picking up and lifting heavy weights. ▶verb ( crabs, crabbing, crabbed ) 1 [ no obj. ] move sideways or obliquely: he began crabbing sideways across the roof. • [ with obj. ] steer (an aircraft or ship ) slightly sideways to compensate for a crosswind or current. 2 [ no obj. ] fish for crabs. PHRASES catch a crab Rowing make a faulty stroke in which the oar is under water too long or misses the water altogether. DERIVATIVES crab ber noun, crab like |-ˌlīk |adjective & adverb ORIGIN Old English crabba, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch krabbe, and more distantly to Dutch kreeft and German Krebs; also to crab 3 .

crab

crab 2 |kræb krab | ▶noun short for crab apple.

crab

crab 3 |kræb krab | ▶noun informal an irritable person. ▶verb ( crabs, crabbing , crabbed ) informal 1 [ no obj. ] grumble, typically about something petty: on picnics, I would crab about sand in my food. 2 [ with obj. ] act so as to spoil: you're trying to crab my act. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (referring to hawks, meaning ‘claw or fight each other ’): from Low German krabben; related to crab 1 .

crab apple

crab ap ple |ˈkræb ˌæpəl |(also crabapple ) ▶noun (also crab ) 1 a small, sour apple. 2 (also crab tree, crab-apple tree, or crabapple tree ) the small tree that bears this fruit. [Genus Malus, family Rosaceae: several species and hybrids, in particular the wild Eurasian crab apple (M. sylvestris ), which is one of the possible ancestors of cultivated apples. ] ORIGIN late Middle English: crab perhaps an alteration (influenced by crab 1 or crabbed ) of Scots and northern English scrab, in the same sense, probably of Scandinavian origin.

Crabbe, George

Crabbe, George |krab | (1754 –1832 ), English poet, best known for grimly realistic narrative poems, such as ‘The Village ’ (1783 ) and ‘The Borough ’ (1810 ); the latter included tales of Peter Grimes and Ellen Orford and later provided the subject matter for Benjamin Britten's opera Peter Grimes (1945 ).

crabbed

crab bed |ˈkrabd kræbd | ▶adjective 1 (of handwriting ) ill-formed and hard to decipher. • (of style ) contorted and difficult to understand: crabbed legal language. 2 ill-humored: a crabbed, unhappy middle age. DERIVATIVES crab bed ly adverb, crab bed ness noun ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘perverse, wayward ’): from crab 1, because of the crab's sideways gait and habit of snapping, thought to suggest a perverse or irritable disposition.

crabby

crab by |ˈkrabē ˈkræbi | ▶adjective ( crabbier, crabbiest ) irritable. DERIVATIVES crab bi ly |ˈkrabəlē |adverb, crab bi ness noun

crab canon

crab can on ▶noun another term for canon cancrizans.

crabeater seal

crab eat er seal |ˈkrabˌētər ˈkræbitər sil | ▶noun a slender, gray Antarctic seal that lives on the pack ice, feeding mainly on krill. [Lobodon carcinophagus, family Phocidae. ]

crabgrass

crab grass |ˈkrabˌgras ˈkræbˌɡræs | ▶noun a creeping grass that can become a serious weed. [Digitaria and other genera, family Gramineae: several species, in particular D. sanguinalis and D. ciliaris. ]

crab louse

crab louse ▶noun see crab 1 ( sense 2 of the noun ).

crabmeat

crab meat |ˈkrabˌmēt ˈkræbmit | ▶noun the flesh of a crab as food.

Crab Nebula

Crab Neb u la Astronomy an irregular patch of luminous gas in the constellation Taurus, believed to be the remnant of a supernova explosion seen by Chinese astronomers in 1054. At its center is the first pulsar to be observed visually, and the nebula is a strong source of high-energy radiation.

crab pot

crab pot ▶noun a wicker trap for crabs.

crab spider

crab spi der ▶noun a spider with long front legs, moving with a crablike sideways motion and typically lying in wait in vegetation and flowers for passing prey. [Family Thomisidae: several genera. ]

crab stick

crab stick |kræb stɪk | ▶noun a rectangular stick of mixed, compressed fish pieces flavored with crab.

crab tree

crab tree ▶noun see crab apple ( sense 2 ).

crabwise

crab wise |ˈkrabˌwīz ˈkræbˌwaɪz | ▶adverb & adjective (of movement ) sideways, typically in an awkward way: [ as adv. ] : supermarket carts that only go crabwise | [ as adj. ] : crabwise steps.

Oxford Dictionary

crab

crab 1 |krab | ▶noun 1 a crustacean, found chiefly on seashores, with a broad carapace, stalked eyes, and five pairs of legs, the first pair of which are modified as pincers. ●Many families in the order Decapoda, class Malacostraca. • [ mass noun ] the flesh of a crab as food. • (the Crab ) the zodiacal sign or constellation Cancer. 2 (also crab louse ) a louse that infests human body hair, especially in the genital region, causing extreme irritation. ●Phthirus pubis, family Pediculidae, order Anoplura. • ( crabs ) informal an infestation of crab lice. 3 a machine with pincer-like arms for lifting heavy weights. ▶verb ( crabs, crabbing, crabbed ) 1 [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] move sideways or obliquely: he began crabbing sideways across the roof. • [ with obj. ] steer (an aircraft or ship ) slightly sideways to compensate for a crosswind or current. 2 [ no obj. ] fish for crabs. PHRASES catch a crab Rowing make a faulty stroke in which the oar is jammed under water or misses the water altogether. DERIVATIVES crabber noun, crablike adjective & adverb ORIGIN Old English crabba, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch krabbe, and more distantly to Dutch kreeft and German Krebs; also to crab 3 .

crab

crab 2 |krab | ▶noun short for crab apple.

crab

crab 3 |krab | ▶verb ( crabs, crabbing, crabbed ) informal 1 [ no obj. ] grumble about something petty: on picnics, I would crab about sand in my food. 2 [ with obj. ] dated act so as to spoil (something ). ORIGIN late 16th cent. (referring to hawks, meaning ‘claw or fight each other ’): from Low German krabben; related to crab 1 .

crab apple

crab apple ▶noun (also crab ) 1 a small sour apple. 2 (also crab tree or crab-apple tree ) the small tree that bears the crab apple. ●Genus Malus, family Rosaceae: several species and hybrids, in particular the wild Eurasian crab apple (M. sylvestris ). ORIGIN late Middle English: crab perhaps an alteration (influenced by crab 1 or crabbed ) of Scots and northern English scrab, in the same sense, probably of Scandinavian origin.

Crabbe, George

Crabbe, George |krab | (1754 –1832 ), English poet, best known for grimly realistic narrative poems, such as ‘The Village ’ (1783 ) and ‘The Borough ’ (1810 ); the latter included tales of Peter Grimes and Ellen Orford and later provided the subject matter for Benjamin Britten's opera Peter Grimes (1945 ).

crabbed

crabbed |ˈkrabɪd, krabd | ▶adjective 1 (of handwriting ) very small and difficult to decipher. • (of style ) contorted and difficult to understand: crabbed legal language. 2 bad-tempered: a crabbed, unhappy middle age. DERIVATIVES crabbedly adverb, crabbedness noun ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘perverse, wayward ’): from crab 1, because of the crab's sideways gait and habit of snapping.

crabby

crabby |ˈkrabi | ▶adjective ( crabbier, crabbiest ) irritable. DERIVATIVES crabbily adverb, crabbiness noun

crab canon

crab canon ▶noun another term for canon cancrizans.

crabeater seal

crab |eater seal |ˈkrabiːtə | ▶noun a slender grey Antarctic seal which lives on the pack ice, feeding mainly on krill. ●Lobodon carcinophagus, family Phocidae.

crabgrass

crab |grass |ˈkrabgrɑːs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] N. Amer. a creeping grass that can become a serious weed. ●Digitaria and other genera, family Gramineae: several species, in particular D. sanguinalis and D. ciliaris.

crab louse

crab louse ▶noun see crab 1 ( sense 2 of the noun ).

crabmeat

crab |meat |ˈkrabmiːt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the flesh of a crab as food.

Crab Nebula

Crab Nebula Astronomy an irregular patch of luminous gas in the constellation Taurus, believed to be the remnant of a supernova explosion seen by Chinese astronomers in 1054. At its centre is the first pulsar to be observed visually, and the nebula is a strong source of high-energy radiation.

crab pot

crab pot ▶noun a wicker trap for crabs.

crab spider

crab spider ▶noun a spider with long front legs, moving with a crablike sideways motion and typically lying in wait in vegetation and flowers for passing prey. ●Family Thomisidae: several genera.

crab stick

crab stick ▶noun a stick of mixed compressed fish pieces, rectangular in section, and including and flavoured with crab.

crab tree

crab tree ▶noun see crab apple ( sense 2 ).

crabwise

crab |wise |ˈkrabwʌɪz | ▶adverb & adjective (of movement ) sideways, typically in an awkward way: [ as adv. ] : supermarket trolleys that only go crabwise | [ as adj. ] : crabwise steps.

American Oxford Thesaurus

crab

crab noun informal we never went to Lacy's house to play because her father was such a crab. See grouch.

crabbed

crabbed adjective 1 her crabbed handwriting: cramped, ill-formed, bad, illegible, unreadable, indecipherable, hieroglyphic; shaky, spidery. 2 a crabbed old man. See crabby.

crabby

crabby adjective sorry, I didn't mean to be so crabby: irritable, cantankerous, irascible, bad-tempered, grumpy, grouchy, crotchety, tetchy, testy, crusty, curmudgeonly, ill-tempered, ill-humored, peevish, cross, fractious, pettish, crabbed, prickly, waspish; informal snappish, snappy, cranky, ornery. ANTONYMS affable.

Oxford Thesaurus

crabbed

crabbed adjective 1 her handwriting was crabbed and minuscule: cramped, bad, shaky, scribbled, spidery, laboured, illegible, unreadable, indecipherable. ANTONYMS bold; clear. 2 a crabbed old man. See crabby.

crabby

crabby adjective she was regarded as crabby and reclusive: irritable, fractious, fretful, cross, petulant, pettish, crabbed, crotchety, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, disagreeable, miserable, morose, peppery, on edge, edgy, impatient, complaining, querulous; bitter, moody, in a bad mood, grumpy, huffy, scratchy, out of sorts, out of temper, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, peevish, sullen, surly, sulky, sour, churlish, touchy, testy, tetchy, snappish, waspish, prickly, crusty, bilious, liverish, dyspeptic, splenetic, choleric; informal snappy, chippy, grouchy, cranky, whingeing, whingy; Brit. informal narky, ratty, eggy, like a bear with a sore head; N. Amer. informal sorehead, soreheaded, peckish; Austral. /NZ informal snaky; dated miffy. ANTONYMS sweet-natured, easy-going, charming.

Duden Dictionary

Crabmeat

Crab meat Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ˈkræbmiːt |das Crabmeat; Genitiv: des Crabmeats englisch englische Bezeichnung für: Krabben [fleisch ]

French Dictionary

crabe

crabe n. m. nom masculin Crustacé qui possède huit pattes et deux pinces. : Les amis sont allés à la pêche au crabe.

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

crab

crab 1 /kræb /名詞 1 C 〘動〙カニ (蟹 ).2 U カニの肉 .3 C 〖通例～s 〗毛ジラミ (症 ) 〘陰毛に寄生する〙.4 〖the C- 〗＝Cancer .5 U C 〘空〙斜め飛行 .6 C 〘機〙移動ウインチ, 横行車 .動詞～s ; ～bed ; ～bing 自動詞 1 カニをとる .2 〈飛行機が〉斜め飛行する .他動詞〈飛行機〉を斜め飛行させる .

crab

crab 2 名詞 C 野生のリンゴ (の木 )(crab apple ) 〘小さな酸味の強い果実を付ける〙.

crab

crab 3 動詞～s ; ～bed ; ～bing 自動詞｟くだけて｠ «…について » 不平を言う, けちを付ける «about » .他動詞 1 …を不機嫌にさせる ; …のあらを探す .2 …をだめにする (spoil ).名詞 C ｟米くだけて｠(ささいなことで )不機嫌になる人, 気難しい人 .

crabbed

crab bed /krǽbɪd /形容詞 1 ｟書｠〈字が〉 (小さく乱雑で )読みづらい, 判読しにくい .2 ｟やや古書｠〖通例名詞の前で〗不機嫌な, 気難しい〈人〉(crabby ).

crabby

crab by /krǽbi /形容詞｟くだけて｠〈人が〉不機嫌な, 気難しい .

crabgrass

cr á b gr à ss 名詞 U 〘植〙メヒシバ〘イネ科の雑草〙.

crabwise

cr á b w ì se cr á b w à ys 副詞横歩きに ; 慎重に .