prawn

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

prawnprawns

1.
(countable, uncountable)A crustacean of the suborder Dendrobranchiata.
2.
(Commonwealth, countable, uncountable)A crustacean, sometimes confused with shrimp.
3.
(Australia, colloquial, countable, derogatory, uncountable)Synonym of butterface: A woman with an attractive body but an unattractive face.
She's a prawn!
Đồng nghĩa: butterface
4.
(Australia, countable, slang, uncountable)A fool, an idiot.
5.
(alt of, alternative)Alternative form of porn.

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verb

V_es/s

prawns

V_ing/Gerund

prawning

V_ed/pp

prawned

1.
(intransitive)To fish for prawns.

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Nguồn gốc từ

First attested early 1400s as various Middle English - forms prayne, prane, praune, and prawne, which present no clear cognates in languages other than English. The forms suggest a hypothetical Old English - form *prægn, where *æg would have evolved into Middle English *ay, but it is unclear if the word is of Germanic origin, from another European language, or loaned from a -.