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cuticle

英 ['kjuːtɪk(ə)l] 美 ['kjʊtɪkl]

解释

n. 角质层；表皮；护膜

※ 提供单词"cuticle"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

cuticle 趾甲跟部的甲小皮

来自PIE*skeu, 遮盖，保护，词源同hide, house, custody.

英文词源

cuticle: cuticle: see hide
cuticle (n.): 1610s, from Latin cuticula, diminutive of cutis "skin," from PIE *ku-ti-, from root *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (cognates: Lithuanian kiautas "husk," Old English hyd "skin, hide;" see hide (n.1)). Specialized sense of "skin at the base of the nail" is from 1907. Related: Cuticular.

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例句和用法

1. The reform has hardly made a scratch upon the cuticle of affairs.: 改革几乎还没有触到事物的表皮.

2. The old cuticle is digested by molting fluid.: 旧表皮被蜕皮液消化.

3. The'shell " is composed of three structures: the membranes, the mineralized part and the cuticle.: 蛋壳由3种结构组成: 膜, 矿物质化部分和壳胶膜.

4. The outer tangential wall of both surfaces had cuticle.: 上下表皮外切向壁上均有角质膜.

5. The oil painting under his brush then becomes a layer of cuticle.: 油画,在这里成为一层表皮.