carapace

英 ['kærəpeɪs]美 ['kærəpes]
  • n. 壳；甲壳
GRE TOEFL 畅通词汇

助记提示

1. car + apace => carapace.
2. 像飞速行驶的汽车的壳体一样的外壳、甲壳，用于起保护作用。

中文词源

carapace 动物的头胸甲

词源不详。

英文词源

carapace (n.)
1836, from French carapace "tortoise shell" (18c.), from Spanish carapacho or Portuguese carapaça, which is of uncertain origin, perhaps somehow from Latin capa (see cape (n.1)).

双语例句

1. The arrogance became his protective carapace.
这种傲慢态度成了他的保护壳。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He tickled gently at its glossy carapace,but the stubborn beetle would not budge.
他轻轻地搔着甲虫光滑的壳，但这只固执的甲虫就是不动。
来自辞典例句
3. The tortoise pulled its head into his carapace.
乌龟把头缩进它的壳里。
来自辞典例句
4. Main compositions Sour orange , tuckahoe, carapace element, fat - removing saponin etc.
主要成份:代代花, 茯苓, 甲壳素, 清脂皂素等.
来自互联网
5. He said and pulled his head into his carapace.
说着,乌龟边把头缩进它的壳子里了.
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