cancer这个词派生自希腊语中表示螃蟹的karkinos一词

Cancer is derived from the Greek word for crab, karkinos.

螃蟹虽然好吃，却容易让人感到饱足。

Although it is tasty, crab is very filling.

螃蟹的眼睛长在肉柄上。

Crabs have eyes on stalks.

每次暴风雨过后海滩上都会留下数不尽的鲱鱼和螃蟹。

Thousands of herring and crab are washed up on the beaches during every storm

肯尼在许多椅子中间艰难穿行，像螃蟹一样横着向门口挪去。

Kenny, struggling with too many chairs, moved crabwise towards the door.

几只螃蟹沿着泥泞的河堤快速横行。

Crabs scuttle along the muddy bank.

螃蟹用钳抓东西，特别是食物。

The claws of a crab are used for grasping things, especially food.

一只螃蟹钳住了我的脚趾头。

A crab nipped my toe.

然而，一只饥饿的狐狸走过来，看见螃蟹并捉住了他。

But a hungry fox came along and spied the crab and caught him.

交配和打斗过后，雄性螃蟹再蘸一蘸潮湿的海水，回到内陆。

As mating, and fighting abates, males dip again and begin returning inland.

螃蟹的螯

the claws of a crab

一个仆人正在清洗台阶，一些螃蟹开始在小渠里玩耍。

A servant was washing the steps, and some crabs began to disport themselves in the little pools.

第二天，雌蟹发现她的新郎走起路来和普通螃蟹一样。她便疑惑重重。

The next day she noticed her new husband walking sideways like all the other crabs2, and got upset.