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limpet

英 ['lɪmpɪt] 美 ['lɪmpɪt]

解释

n. 帽贝；纠缠者；坚守岗位的职员

※ 提供单词"limpet"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

limpet 帽贝

来自拉丁语lampreda,帽贝，词源同lamprey.

英文词源

limpet: limpet: see lamprey
limpet (n.): marine gastropod mollusk, early 14c., from Old English lempedu, from Medieval Latin lampreda "limpet" (see lamprey).

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例句和用法

1. The Prime Minister clung to his job like a limpet, despite calls for him to resign.: 首相不顾有人要求他辞职，死赖在他的职位上不下台。

2. The dog clung like a limpet to the thief.: 那条狗死死缠住小偷不放.

3. The adhesion mechanism of barnacle , limpet, anemone, tube worm are described in this paper.: 主要介绍海洋生物中藤壶、帽贝、海葵、管栖蠕虫对其基材的粘附机理.