prawn
noun [countable, uncountable] (especially British English)(North American English usually shrimp)
a shellfish that can be eaten, with ten legs and a long tail. Prawns turn pink when cooked. 對蝦；大蝦；明蝦 
For this recipe you need 250g of peeled king prawns. 這個食譜需要250克去皮大蝦。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPrawn is used before these nouns:- cocktail
Word Originlate Middle English: of unknown origin.
