英:[ˈlɪmpɪt]
美:[ˈlɪmpɪt]
英:[ˈlɪmpɪt]
美:[ˈlɪmpɪt]
lim·pet
lIm piht
复数:limpets
noun
a marine gastropod mollusk (especially families Acmaeidae and Patellidae) that has a low conical shell broadly open beneath, browses over rocks or timbers in the littoral area, and clings very tightly when disturbed
one that clings tenaciously to someone or something
an explosive device designed to cling magnetically to a metallic surface (such as the hull of a ship)
"海螺类软体动物,早在14世纪就有了 lempet 这个词,早期是 Old English 的 lempedu 的变体,最初似乎是指“一种七鳃鳗”(两者都通过吸附来附着),源自中世纪拉丁语 lampreda “七鳃鳗; 帽贝”,来自晚期拉丁语 lampetra “七鳃鳗”(见 lamprey)。16世纪的 Limpin 是一个方言中幸存的变体。
Middle English lempet, from Old English lempedu, from Medieval Latin lampreda lamprey
The first known use of limpet was before the 12th century
limpidadjective
perfectly clear : transparent
limpid streams
limpidadjective
perfectly clear : transparent
limpid streams
limpidadjective
perfectly clear : transparent
limpid streams
limpidadjective
perfectly clear : transparent
limpid streams
limpidadjective
perfectly clear : transparent
limpid streams
limpetnoun
a marine mollusk that has a low cone-shaped shell, moves over rocks or timbers feeding on food found there, and clings very tightly when disturbed
1 An Israeli official said limpet mines were used.
2 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.
3 We drove east, we drove west, amidst the myriad villages that cling like limpets to the Mediterranean shore, and to-day I remember none of them.
4 His meal is seaweed and limpets — “Definitely al dente,” he jokes — and his bed is a wet field.
5 Farther west, in Port Renfrew, was Botanical Beach, where tide pools were filled with limpets, mussels and sea anemones.
6 Nearby, research assistant Mar Humet Caballero delicately pressed a tiny square black device against the shell of a limpet to “listen” to its heartbeat.
7 Attacks on ships over the past two years, involving commandos, limpet mines, drones or missiles, have raised alarm about passage in the waterways of the Middle East.
8 The explosion, which the agency said was caused by limpet mines, bore the hallmarks of attacks in an escalating maritime clash between regional adversaries Israel and Iran.
9 Along with the brown crab remains, researchers found remnants of the various shellfish Neanderthals ate, including limpets, mussels and clams.
10 The detonators for limpet mines used to blow up barges on the Danube were "concealed inside Woolworths aniseed balls whose dissolving rate had been vigorously tested in Bedford Modern School swimming pool".
11 A video was shown to the court of the victim screaming because of the limpets on his the back and being humiliated during an incontinence episode.
12 An Israeli-owned car carrier suffered an apparent limpet mine blast in February.
13 To test some of these ideas, our team is conducting ecological experiments along the California coast, and we are annually recording growth for more than 2,500 individual limpets.
14 By 110,000 years ago the menu had expanded to include species such as limpets and sand mussels.
15 A U.S. official said the blast ripped holes in both sides of its hull and an Israeli official said limpet mines were used.
16 Starfish squat over mussels and limpets, attach their million little suckers and then slowly lift with incredible power until the prey is broken from the rock.
17 A limpet mine is a type of naval mine that attaches to the side of a ship.
18 The problem: “They looked like limpets,” which people like to eat, he says.
19 Video after one blast showed Revolutionary Guard troops removing an unexploded limpet mine from one targeted ship, something never fully explained by Tehran.
20 Without stars culling their ranks, barnacles and mussels crowded out seaweeds, limpets and sponges.
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