carapace

英 [ˈkær.ə.peɪs]      美 [ˈker.ə.peɪs]
  • n. 壳;甲壳
星级词汇:
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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。
carapace 动物的头胸甲

词源不详。

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)).
1. The arrogance became his protective carapace.
这种傲慢态度成了他的保护壳。
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。
3. The tortoise pulled its head into his carapace.
乌龟把头缩进它的壳里。
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.
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.