oyster

[US]/'ɒɪstə/
[UK]/'ɔɪstɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. mpira; mtu ambaye anghitiwa au anghiti

vi. kuzama mpira; kushirikisha mpira
Word Forms
Past Tenseoystered
Pluraloysters
Past Participleoystered
Third Person Singularoysters
Present Participleoystering

Phrases & Collocations

oyster bar

kampuni ya mizani

raw oysters

mizani ya mizani

oyster sauce

sosu ya mizani

oyster mushroom

oyster mushroom

oyster shell

kampuni ya mizani

pearl oyster

mawimbi ya mawe

oyster oil

mashavi ya mizani

Example Sentences

a trout farm; an oyster farm.

kampuni ya trout; kampuni ya mizani.

a clam bed; an oyster bed.

moyo ya mvua; moyo ya mizani.

I enjoy eating oyster; it's really delicious.

Nasukuma kula mizani; ni chakula chao kubwa.

he swallowed his two dozen oysters as a whet.

Alikuwa amekula mizani mingi ya mbili kama mchovu.

Have you ever heard of oyster-shucking?

Umeangalia kwa mizani kwa mizani?

The song of the oyster, though not silenced, was diminuendo con amore.

Wimbo wa kitambaani, ingawa haukutimishwa, ulikuwa diminuendo con amore.

She carried a piping hot grill of oysters and bacon.

Alikwisha mpira mpya wa mizani na mazani.

We don’t have oysters tonight, but the crayfish are very good.

Tusikupitia mizani leo, lakini mizani ya mizani ni nzuri sana.

I’ll ask the fishmonger if he can order three dozen oysters for me.

Natafanya mshindi mwenye dawa ya samaki kama anaweza kusasa tatu mamilioni ya mizani kwa mimi.

What do you mean, you don’t know what to do with your life? The world is your oyster!

Umaana nini, usiojua nini kufanya na maisha yako? Dunia yako ni mizani!

Set in its windows, like pearls in an oyster, are an elegant Attic red figure krater attributed to a 5th-century BC painter, an Etruscan pouring vessel and an array of vases.

Imejengwa kwenye dirisha zake, kama lulu kwenye kitamba, kuna krater ya Attic nyekundu ya takwimu ya mchoro iliyopelekwa kwa mchoro wa BC ya karne ya 5, chombo cha kumwaga cha Etruscan na aina ya vases.

Definition: Oyster Shell is the shell of Ostrea gigas Thunberg, Ostrea talienwhanensis Crosse or Ostrea rivularis Gould (Fam.Osteridae).

Mifano: Mwizi wa mpira ni mpira wa Ostrea gigas Thunberg, Ostrea talienwhanensis Crosse au Ostrea rivularis Gould (Fam.Osteridae).

Real-world Examples

The world is my oyster. I got it.

Udunia ni mwenyewe. Nimekamua.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 5

He swam down and down and picked up the oyster.

Amepeka chini na chini na amekuwa mwenyewe.

Source: Beijing Normal University Edition High School English (Compulsory 4)

What happened to the world being your oyster?

Je, nini alikuwa udunia ni mwenyewe?

Source: Desperate Housewives Season 5

They restored more than 300,000 oysters there.

Walifurisha zaidi ya 300,000 mwenyewe kwa huko.

Source: VOA Special English: World

But the world is your oyster when you are educated.

Lakini udunia ni mwenyewe wakati unajua.

Source: CNN 10 Student English September 2022 Collection

I would like the baked oysters and the seafood platter.

Nataka mwenyewe ambao wamepewa na pani ya mizigo.

Source: EnglishPod 271-365

When he was diving he saw a very large oyster.

Wakati alipewa, alichukua mwenyewe kubwa sana.

Source: Beijing Normal University Edition High School English (Compulsory 4)

One, a rattlesnake hot dog, and then Rocky Mountain oysters.

Moja, mchome wa mamba ya kuchoka, na kisha mwenyewe ya Rocky Mountain.

Source: Perspective Encyclopedia of Gourmet Food

Compared to women born in other dynasties, the world is your oyster.

Kwa mifano ya mwanamke waliozaliwa katika mizigo mengine, udunia ni mwenyewe.

Source: If national treasures could speak.

Now that I have my vision back, the world is my oyster.

Sasa kwa muda mimi amekuwa na mazoezi yangu, udunia ni mwenyewe.

Source: Desperate Housewives Season 5

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