每天三分钟学英语 第278期:中秋节你会吃"大闸蟹"吗?

 You'll also want to try mitten¹ crabs³. They'll be in season.

你也要试一下大闸蟹，它们会正当季。

Mitten crab²/Shanghai hairy crab

大闸蟹

in season/seasonal⁴

（水果，蔬菜）当季

Seasonal fruits and veggies taste better.

当季的水果蔬菜更好吃。

Off-season

反季，淡季

It's the off-season right now. That's why there're not many tourists.

现在是淡季。所以没有很多游客。

I do a lot of off-season shopping and buy my summer clothes in the fall when they're on sale.

我经常反季淘货，在秋天打折的时候买夏天的衣服。

1 mitten   

n.连指手套，露指手套

参考例句：

• There is a hole in the thumb of his mitten.他的手套的姆指上有个洞。
• He took her money in one hand and with the other hand he grasped her mitten and said "Take me to where you live.I want to see your brother and meet your parents".他一手接过她的钱，一手抓起她的连指手套，“带我去你住的地方，我想见见你的弟弟和你的父母。

2 crab   

n.螃蟹，偏航，脾气乖戾的人，酸苹果；vi.捕蟹，偏航，发牢骚；vt.使偏航，发脾气

参考例句：

• I can't remember when I last had crab.我不记得上次吃蟹是什么时候了。
• The skin on my face felt as hard as a crab's back.我脸上的皮仿佛僵硬了，就象螃蟹的壳似的。

3 crabs   

n.蟹( crab的名词复数 )；阴虱寄生病；蟹肉v.捕蟹( crab的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• As we walked along the seashore we saw lots of tiny crabs. 我们在海岸上散步时看到很多小蟹。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The fish and crabs scavenge for decaying tissue. 鱼和蟹搜寻腐烂的组织为食。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 seasonal   

adj.季节的，季节性的

参考例句：

• The town relies on the seasonal tourist industry for jobs.这个城镇依靠季节性旅游业提供就业机会。
• The hors d'oeuvre is seasonal vegetables.餐前小吃是应时蔬菜。