prawn
noun /prɔːn/
/prɔːn/
[countable, uncountable] (especially British English) (North American English usually shrimp)
- enlarge imagea shellfish that can be eaten, with ten legs and a long tail. Prawns turn pink when cooked.
对虾;大虾;明虾 - For this recipe you need 250g of peeled king prawns.
这个食谱需要250克去皮大虾。
Collocations DictionaryPrawn is used before these nouns:- cocktail
词源late Middle English: of unknown origin. - For this recipe you need 250g of peeled king prawns.