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crawfish-A crawfish is a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crawfish. (AM; in BRIT, use crayfish)= crayfish
小龙虾--一种长有十条腿的甲壳水生动物,生活在河流、小溪中。你能吃到数种不同的小龙虾。(美国英语,英国英语又称crayfish)。
Crawfish, like shrimp or lobsters, belong to the scientific class Crustacea.
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小龙虾和虾或龙虾一样,在科学上属于甲壳纲动物。
Their hard outer shell, called the exoskeleton, does not grow with the crawfish and is shed periodically.
它们坚硬的外壳,叫做外骨骼,不会随着小龙虾的成长而生长,而会周期性蜕落。
In Louisiana, two species of crawfish -- the red swamp and the white river -- provide for the harvest.
在路易斯安那州,盛产两种小龙虾--克氏螯虾(red swamp crawfish和白水小龙虾(white water crawfish)。
Crawfish are harvested from both wild habitats (natural rivers, bayous, swamps, and lakes) and controlled, managed crawfish farms.
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小龙虾盛产于野生栖息地(如自然河流、河口、沼泽和湖泊)以及加以控制和管理的养虾场。
Harvest takes place from November through June, with baited wire-mesh traps.
小龙虾的旺产季是从11月到次年六月,利用带饵的铁丝网进行诱捕。
Traps are checked daily, and the catch is packed into 50 lb. onion sacks for delivery to processors.
每天有人查看捕虾的网,并把捕到的小龙虾装进每只可装50磅洋葱的麻袋里,以便送给加工商。
Only the tail meat is recovered from processing. The claw meat is tasty but very meager and difficult to pick out.
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只有小龙虾尾部的肉是用于加工的。螯肉虽然鲜美,但很少,而且难以取出。
Tail meat can be purchased fresh or frozen, with prices varying with the time of season and supply.
市场上有新鲜或冷冻的尾肉可供购买,价格随日令季节和供应情况而变动。
Both species of crawfish occur naturally in the Mid-Atlantic region, but crawfish farming is a very recent development here.
两种小龙虾都天然出现在中大西洋地区,不过最近小龙虾的养殖在此地有所发展。
Small, shallow ponds have been stocked with red swamp crawfish and are managed for commercial production.
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又小又浅的池塘里挤满了克氏螯虾,并被用于商业化的养殖。
The harvest takes place during spring and summer, coinciding with the tourist season.
小龙虾的产殖高峰出现在春季和夏季,正好遇到旅游季节。
Production is still very limited, but there is considerable interest in exploring the potential of crawfish farming as an alternative crop.
尽管产量十分有限,但把小龙虾养殖作为一种可替代作物来开发其潜力具有相当大的收益。
Crawfish can be purchased whole and fresh, raw or pre-cooked, for immediate use of for your own crawfish boil.
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市场上的有新鲜完整的、生的、或者预先烧煮的小龙虾可购买,或可即食,或可用来烹饪你自己的小龙虾大餐。
If you purchase whole, fresh crawfish, make sure they are alive. Dead crawfish decompose rapidly, resulting in mush, discolored meat.
如果你买新鲜完整的小龙虾,一定要买活的。死的小龙虾会迅速腐败,肉质会变软、褪色 |
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