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1. омар (Homarus) 2. лангуст (Palinurus; также spiny lobster) 3. большой речной рак 4. кул. мясо омара, лангуста, ракообразных lobster Newburg —- омар "Ньюберг" (жаренный ломтиками со сметаной и хересом) lobster thermidor —- омар "термидор" (вареный, с подливкой и тертым сыром) 5. неуклюжий человек, каракатица 6. ам. простак, простофиля Id: raw (unboiled) lobster —- полицейский, полисмен Id: red as a lobster —- красный как рак ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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shift = graveyard shift [см. graveyard ] LOBSTER noun 1) омар; red as a lobster - красный как рак 2) obs.; pejor. английский солдат, красномундирник 3) coll. неуклюжий человек - lobster shift ...Англо-русский словарь
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n. & v. --n. 1 any large marine crustacean of the family Nephropidae, with stalked eyes and two pincer-like claws as the first pair of ten limbs. 2 its flesh as food. --v.intr. catch lobsters. Phrases and idioms lobster-pot a basket in which lobsters are trapped. lobster thermidor a mixture of lobster meat, mushrooms, cream, egg yolks, and sherry, cooked in a lobster shell. Etymology: OE lopustre, corrupt. of L locusta crustacean, locust: thermidor f. the name of the 11th month of the Fr. revolutionary calendar ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English loppestre, from loppe spider Date: before 12th century 1. any of a family (Nephropidae and especially Homarus americanus) of large edible marine decapod crustaceans that have stalked eyes, a pair of large claws, and a long abdomen and that include species from coasts on both sides of the North Atlantic and from the Cape of Good Hope 2. spiny ~ • ~like adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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(lobsters) A lobster is a sea creature that has a hard shell, two large claws, and eight legs. She sold me a couple of live lobsters. N-VAR • Lobster is the flesh of a lobster eaten as food. ...lobster on a bed of fresh vegetables. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 a sea animal with eight legs, a shell, and two large claws 2 the meat of this animal used for food ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- O.E. loppestre, corruption of L. locusta "lobster," literally "locust," by influence of O.E. loppe "spider," variant of lobbe. (Trilobite fossils in Worcestershire limestone quarries were known colloquially as locusts, which seems to be the generic word for "unidentified arthropod," as apple is for "foreign fruit.") Slang for "a British soldier" since 1643, originally in reference to the jointed armor of the Roundhead cuirassiers, later to the red coat. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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