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pro·bos·cis
pro ba sihs
复数:probosces或proboscises或proboscides
noun
a long flexible trunk or snout, esp. that of an elephant.
an elongated tubular sucking structure on certain insects or worms.
a human nose, esp. one of unusual size or shape.
proboscis monkeyn. [动]长鼻猴
大约1600年,"象鼻",源自拉丁语 proboscis(普林尼),来自希腊语 proboskis "象鼻",从词源上讲是"取食的工具",由 pro "向前"(参见 pro-)和 boskein "滋养,喂养"组成,源自 boskesthai "吃草,被喂养",来自 *bot- 词干(botane "草,饲料"的来源; 参见 botanic)。也扩展到貘、昆虫部件等的长而灵活的鼻子。
吻突
喙,吻:动物的头或鼻部的管状突起或结构,通常用于进食
喙
Latin, from Greek proboskis, from pro- + boskein to feed
The first known use of proboscis was in 1601
process1 of 2noun
advance entry 2 sense 1
the process of time
something going on
a natural continuing action or series of actions or changes life processes mental processes
the process of growth
a series of actions or operations leading to a result
a manufacturing process
the carrying on of a legal action
due process of law
a bodily part that sticks out or is conspicuous : outgrowth
a bony process
process2 of 2verb
to change or prepare by special treatment
process foods
to take care of according to a routine process insurance claims
process people looking for a job
to take in and organize for use in a variety of ways process information
computers process data
proceedsplural noun
the money or profit that comes from a business deal
proceedingnoun
procedure sense 2a
plural things that happen
kept an eye on the proceedings
a legal action
proceedingnoun
procedure sense 2a
plural things that happen
kept an eye on the proceedings
a legal action
procedurenoun
a manner or method in which a business or action is carried on
a series of steps followed in a regular definite order
the procedure for acquiring a passport
a set of instructions for a computer that has a name by which it can be called into action
procedurenoun
a manner or method in which a business or action is carried on
a series of steps followed in a regular definite order
the procedure for acquiring a passport
a set of instructions for a computer that has a name by which it can be called into action
procainenoun
a drug that is used as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine
proboscisnoun
a long flexible snoutespecially: the trunk of an elephant
a long tube-shaped bodily part (as the sucking organ of a butterfly) in the mouth region of an invertebrate
proboscisnoun
any of various elongated or extensible tubular organs or processes especially of the oral region of an invertebrate: as
a sucking organ of insects (as houseflies or mosquitoes) that is often also adapted for piercing
one of the complex protrusible holdfasts on the scolex of certain tapeworms
1 To control the rough positioning of the proboscis in the flower, the animals move their entire bodies in flight, while the smaller movements of the proboscis itself are used to precisely target the flower pattern.
2 Watch the video below to see a nemertean attack a polychaete with its proboscis.
3 The bee then pulls its tongue back into its proboscis, which is really a part of its mouth, and a pumping mechanism in the head sucks the nectar off the tongue.
4 A unique characteristic of this phylum is the presence of a proboscis enclosed in a rhynchocoel.
5 They were indeed able to reproduce the conditions of proboscis drinking.
6 This leads researchers to believe these primitive insects fed on plants such as gymnosperms, challenging the belief that developing the proboscis was an adaptive response to the evolution of flowers.
7 There were butterfly wings, to go with the proboscis.
8 Previous studies on moths have tended to focus on their ability to transport pollen via their proboscis or nose.
9 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.
10 The bees soon cut several holes in the leaves of each plant using their mandibles and proboscises.
11 Rob, whose ego is as bruised as his proboscis, childishly lashes out.
12 Mosquitoes then pierce this plastic with their needlelike proboscis called a stylet.
13 All have neurons, a mouth opening at the end of a retractable proboscis, an intestine containing a microbiota and four pairs of non-articulated legs ending in claws, and most have two eyes.
14 The proboscis is a Swiss Army knife appendage of six separate instruments that facilitate blood collection.
15 It is known that hummingbird hawk moths use visible patterns on the flowers, which they scan with their proboscis to get to the sugary liquid faster.
16 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.
17 As we sped down the river, leaf monkeys, hornbills, serpent eagles and troupes of proboscis monkeys lounged in trees by the riverside, their long noses visible from the boat.
18 The nose, which measures more than 3 feet from bridge to septum, and projects 37 inches out from the wall, is based on the opera star Maria Callas’s aquiline proboscis.
19 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.
20 It'sticks its little proboscis in and just stays right there, bathed in bliss.
它把小小的长吻伸了进去,就在那里呆着不动, 沐浴在极乐之中.