oyster
牡蛎,牡蛎类,牡丹,牡蛎类的
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Definitions
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- : any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
- : the oyster-shaped bit of dark meat in the front hollow of the side bone of a fowl.
- : Slang. a closemouthed or uncommunicative person, especially one who keeps secrets well.
- : something from which a person may extract or derive advantage: The world is my oyster.
- : oyster white.
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- : to dredge for or otherwise take oysters.
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Examples
Crisp up some oysters as you listen carefully to them sizzle, then serve them over some garlicky rice.
With the solar-powered barge, workers wouldn’t have to hoist large cages of oysters from the water, for instance, Rice said.
I think it’s nice to have a little tradition, like my grandma’s oyster soup, and put that next to the crudo and say they both stand up next to each other.
Just before serving, add the oysters to the soup and raise the heat to medium.
Though it has no electricity or plumbing, the biologists use it for their annual spring shad bakes and fall oyster roasts.
If you want to be a human being, and a popular human being, then you have to stop being an oyster and come out of your shell.
What a sauce that is,” he enthused, “which dresses an oyster I suck from the mouth of the woman I love!
I added a few impossible positions, just to have a little fun, like the Swan Flying over the Oyster Shell.
A television series, Mama, was broadcast from a studio above The Oyster Bar beginning in 1949.
Other, greener options, like wetland restoration or oyster reefs, could also help slow waves before they reach the city.
From pre-natal days I was destined for the railway service, as an oyster to its shell.
But, before they can be used for this purpose, these leaves are coated with lime made from shells and then folded up.