解释
- n. 鼻子；[昆] 喙；象鼻；[无脊椎] 吻
※ 提供单词"proboscis"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
proboscis 象鼻，昆虫等的喙
来自希腊语proboskis,象鼻，来自pro-,向前，-boskein,进食，吸取养分，来自botane,食物，草料，词源同botany.
英文词源
- proboscis
- proboscis: [17] The elephant’s trunk was originally called proboscis because it is used for getting food – by pulling down leafy branches, for instance. The word comes via Latin from Greek proboskís, a compound formed from pró ‘in front’ and bóskein ‘feed’.
- proboscis (n.)
- c. 1600, "elephant's trunk," from Latin proboscis (Pliny), from Greek proboskis "elephant's trunk," literally "means for taking food," from pro "forward" (see pro-) + boskein "to nourish, feed," from boskesthai "graze, be fed," from stem *bot- (source of botane "grass, fodder;" see botanic).
例句和用法
- 1. Its proboscis has got stuck to a lot of pollen.
- 它的喙上粘了很多花粉。
- 2. Its proboscis works like a syringe to draw out blood.
- 它的口器工作原理就像注射器抽血.
- 3. The male proboscis monkey has a pendulous vaguely salacious Jimmy Durante nose.
- 这种雄性长鼻猴长着一个下垂的、看上去有些色迷迷的大鼻子.
- 4. They prey on other invertebrates, which they capture with a unique proboscis.
- 它们用独特的吻捕食其它无脊椎动物.
- 5. Did You see Proboscis Monkey Before?
- 这种动物你见过 吗 ?——长鼻猴(图)
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