carapace
发音
How to pronounce carapace in British English:
英 [ˈkærəpeɪs]
How to pronounce carapace in American English:
美 [ˈkærəˌpes]
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- Noun:
- hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
单词词源
- 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)).
双语例句
- 1. But the upper shell , called a carapace , was not there , only a thickened backbone and ribs .
- 2. The lines of its body follow the lines of the flower , while the detail of his carapace and the spikes on one leg are razor sharp .
- 3. Lobsters don 't have much in the way of eyesight or hearing , but they do have an exquisite tactile sense , one facilitated by hundreds of thousands of tiny hairs that protrude through their carapace .