shrimp

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

shrimp [shrimp shrimps shrimped shrimping] BrE [ʃrɪmp] NAmE [ʃrɪmp] noun (pl. shrimpsor shrimp)
1. a small ↑shellfish that can be eaten, like a ↑prawn but smaller. Shrimps turn pink when cooked.
2. (NAmE) = ↑prawn
•grilled shrimp

Word Origin:
Middle English: probably related to Middle Low German schrempen ‘to wrinkle’, Middle High German schrimpfen ‘to contract’, also to ↑scrimp.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  prawn, runt, peewee, half-pint