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scallop

英 ['skɒləp; 'skæləp] 美['skæləp]
  • n. 扇贝,干贝
  • vt. 使成扇形
  • vi. 拾扇贝

英英释意


1. one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)
2. edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces
3. thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
4. edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions