lobster

n. 龙虾

名词:lobsterer 动词过去式:lobstered 过去分词:lobstered 现在分词:lobstering 第三人称单数:lobsters 

lob.ster

n.（名词）
Any of several edible marine crustaceans of the family Homaridae, especially of the genusHomarus, having stalked eyes, long antennae, and five pairs of legs, the first pair of which is modified into large pincers.
大螯虾：螯龙虾科的各种可食海生甲壳类动物，尤指螯龙虾属 ，有柄眼，长触须和五双腿，第一双腿变异为大钳
Any of several crustaceans, such as the spiny lobster, that are related to the lobsters.
龙虾：与大螯虾有亲缘关系的任一种甲壳类动物，如龙虾
The flesh of a lobster used as food.
龙虾肉：食用的龙虾肉
n.attributive.（定语名词）
Often used to modify another noun:
常用于修饰另一个各词：
例句：
a lobster dinner; lobster boats.
龙虾宴；龙虾船

v.intr.（不及物动词）
lob.stered,lob.ster.ing,lob.sters
To search for and catch lobsters.
捕捉龙虾：寻找并捕捉龙虾

来源：
Middle English lopster, lobstere
中古英语 lopster, lobstere
from Old English loppestre
源自 古英语 loppestre
alteration perhaps influenced by loppe, lobbe [spider]
可能受 loppe的影响, lobbe [蜘蛛]
of Latin locusta
拉丁语 locusta的变化

【引伸】
lob.sterer
n.（名词）
<注释>A lobster and a locust may share a common source for their name,that is, the Latin wordlocusta, which was used for the locustand also for a crustacean that was probably a kind of lobster.We can see thatlocusta would be the source of locust, but it looks like an unlikely candidate as the source oflobster. It is thought, however, that Old Englishloppestre, the ancestor of lobster, was formed from locusta and the suffix-estre used to make agent nouns (our -ster ). The change from Latinlocusta to Old English loppestre may have been influenced by Old English loppe, meaning .spider..
龙虾和蝗虫的名字可能源于同一出处，即拉丁词Locusta ， 它用于指蝗虫，也用于表示可能是一种龙虾的甲壳类动物。我们可以看到，Locusta 可能是 locusa 的来源， 但不象是lobster 的来源。 但是，lobster 在古英语里的前身 loppestre 被认为是由 locusta 形成的， 后缀-estre 用于组成代理者的名词（现在的 -soer ）。 从拉丁文locusta 到古英语 loppstre 的变化可能受古英语 loppe 的影响（意为.蜘蛛.）