mussel

Word family adjectivemussellednounmussel

Related topics: Animals, Food, dish

mus·sel /ˈmʌsəl/ noun [countableC] → muscle

HBADFFa small sea animal with a soft body that can be eaten and a black shell that is divided into two parts 贻贝，壳菜，淡菜 →4 See picture of 见图 SEAFOOD →5 see picture at 见图 shellfish

Examples from the Corpus

mussel• Reduce by about a third, then add cream and mussels and cover.• Not until I understood the inextricable connection between mussels and crabs was I able to see both crabs and mussels at once.• They are best used for cocktail savouries, but the cheaper mussels make a very tasty pasta sauce.• To vary the casserole, add 3-4 prepared scallops or a small jar of drained mussels.• I see increasing numbers of anemones and a couple of empty mussel shells.• You can also try beef heart, mussel, chicken, liver prawn and the like.• Divide the mussels and prawns between the plates.• The linguini with mussels marinara was yet another marvel.

Origin mussel

Old English muscelle, from Latin musculus “little mouse, muscle, mussel” ( → MUSCLE1); because it looks like a mouse

词汇	mussel
释义	mussel Word family adjectivemussellednounmussel Related topics: Animals, Food, dish mus·sel /ˈmʌsəl/ noun [countableC] → muscle HBADFFa small sea animal with a soft body that can be eaten and a black shell that is divided into two parts 贻贝，壳菜，淡菜 →4 See picture of 见图 SEAFOOD →5 see picture at 见图 shellfish Examples from the Corpus mussel• Reduce by about a third, then add cream and mussels and cover.• Not until I understood the inextricable connection between mussels and crabs was I able to see both crabs and mussels at once.• They are best used for cocktail savouries, but the cheaper mussels make a very tasty pasta sauce.• To vary the casserole, add 3-4 prepared scallops or a small jar of drained mussels.• I see increasing numbers of anemones and a couple of empty mussel shells.• You can also try beef heart, mussel, chicken, liver prawn and the like.• Divide the mussels and prawns between the plates.• The linguini with mussels marinara was yet another marvel. Origin mussel Old English muscelle, from Latin musculus “little mouse, muscle, mussel” ( → MUSCLE1); because it looks like a mouse
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