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