cuticle

英 ['kjuːtɪk(ə)l] 美['kjʊtɪkl]
  • n. 角质层;表皮;护膜

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词态变化


复数: cuticles;

中文词源


cuticle 趾甲跟部的甲小皮

来自PIE*skeu, 遮盖,保护,词源同hide, house, custody.

英文词源


cuticle
cuticle: see hide
cuticle (n.)
1610s, from Latin cuticula, diminutive of cutis "skin," from PIE *ku-ti-, from root *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (cognates: Lithuanian kiautas "husk," Old English hyd "skin, hide;" see hide (n.1)). Specialized sense of "skin at the base of the nail" is from 1907. Related: Cuticular.

双语例句


1. The reform has hardly made a scratch upon the cuticle of affairs.
改革几乎还没有触到事物的表皮.

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2. The old cuticle is digested by molting fluid.
旧表皮被蜕皮液消化.

来自辞典例句

3. The'shell " is composed of three structures: the membranes, the mineralized part and the cuticle.
蛋壳 由3种结构组成: 膜, 矿物质化部分和壳胶膜.

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4. The outer tangential wall of both surfaces had cuticle.
上下表皮外切向壁上均有角质膜.

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5. The oil painting under his brush then becomes a layer of cuticle.
油画,在这里成为一层表皮.

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