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Portuguese man-of-war如何读
Portuguese man-of-war是什么意思
n.
僧帽水母
Portuguese man-of-war英英释义
noun
any of a genus (Physalia of the family Physaliidae) of large, tropical and subtropical, pelagic, siphonophore hydrozoans having a crested bladderlike float which bears the colony comprised of three types of zooids on the lower surface with one of the three having nematocyst-equipped tentacles
Portuguese man-of-war词源英文解释
The first known use of Portuguese man-of-war was in 1707
Portuguese man-of-war儿童词典英英释义
postnasal dripnoun
a flow of mucus from the passages of the nose onto the back of the throat that occurs especially as a result of allergies
post meridiemadjective
being after noon—abbreviation p.m.
postmaster generalnoun
an official in charge of a national post office department or postal service
post exchangenoun
a store at a military post that sells to people in or associated with the armed forces
postal servicenoun
a government department in charge of handling the mail
postal cardnoun
a blank card with a postage stamp printed on it
postcard sense 1
postage stampnoun
a government stamp used on mail to show that postage has been paid
post1 of 7noun
a piece of timber or metal fixed upright especially as a support : pillar
a pole or stake set up as a marker
the starting post
a metallic fixture attached to an electrical device (as a battery) for making connections
post2 of 7verb
to fix notices to or on a suitable place (as a bulletin board)
to publish or announce by or as if by a notice
posted the students' grades
to forbid persons from entering or using by putting up warning notices
post a trout stream
score entry 2 sense 1a
posted a 72 for the round
to publish (as a message) in an online forum
post3 of 7noun
chiefly British postal service
chiefly British the mail handled by the post
chiefly British a single shipment of mail
something (as a message) that is posted online
post4 of 7verb
to ride or travel with haste : hurry
mail entry 2
to transfer a bookkeeping item from a book of original entry to an account book
to make familiar with a subject : inform
post5 of 7noun
the place at which a soldier or guard is stationed
a station or task to which a person is assigned
a place to which troops are assigned : camp
an office or position to which a person is appointed
trading post
post6 of 7verb
to station in a given place
post a guard
to give as a guarantee of payment
post a bond
post-7 of 7prefix
after : later
postdate
behind
following : later than
postscript
Portuguese man-of-warnoun
any of several large colonial invertebrate animals that are hydrozoans and float on the surface of the sea by means of a large gas-filled structure like a bag and have long tentacles capable of delivering a painful sting
Portuguese man-of-war医学词典英英释义
Portuguese man-of-warnoun
any siphonophore of the genus Physalia including large tropical and subtropical oceanic forms having a crested bladderlike float which bears a colony comprised of three types of zooids on the lower surface with one of the three having stinging tentacles
Portuguese man-of-war 例句
1 Blue dragons, known scientifically as Glaucus atlanticus, sail on the surface of the ocean feeding on toxins from the Portuguese man-of-war and other jellyfish-like organisms.
2 Nyad was blown off course and contented with shoulder pain, asthma and stings from jellyfish and Portuguese man-of-war.
3 Saving Desert Tortoises from Extinction To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 videoIn July, village lifeguards used five-gallon buckets to collect Portuguese man-of-wars that had washed up on the sand.
4 Three of us went to East to take down my camp and had to wade through water packed with floating Portuguese man-of-wars to load the boat.
5 The animal eats creatures like the venomous Portuguese man-of-war and stores its prey’s stinging cells, called cnidocytes, in sacs, Hicks said.
6 By-the-wind sailors are related to jellyfish and the Portuguese man-of-war, which can produce a painful sting, but their tentacles are mostly harmless, Pernet said.
7 The Portuguese man-of-war is a siphonophore, a species closely related to jellyfish, according to the National Ocean Service.
8 Jellyfish tend to wash ashore in seasonal waves; winter is Portuguese man-of-war season.