barnacle
pronunciation
UK [ˈbɑ:nəkl]
US [ˈbɑrnəkl]
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- n.
- （岩石、船底等处的）附着甲壳动物
Word Origin
barnacle 藤壶（小甲壳动物），野鹅
词源不详。野鹅义来自民间传说，据说野鹅由藤壶孕育而生。
Example
- 1. Barnacle glue is equally special .
- 同样，藤壶胶也很特别。
- 2. A barnacle that runs into the chemical finds it cannot bind as strongly to the surface .
- 研究者发现，遭遇本化学物质的藤壶不能如原先那样强烈的粘合在船体表面。
- 3. The proteins of barnacle glue , they discovered , are dominated by amino acids called proline and isoleucine .
- 他们发现，藤壶的蛋白质主要由被称为脯氨酸和异亮氨酸的两种氨基酸组成。
- 4. They also , according to hans elwing of the university of gothenburg , prevent barnacle colonies from taking hold by stunting their growth .
- 照gothenburg大学的hanselwing的说法，他们也能通过阻碍藤壶的正常生长来达到阻止其粘附的目的。
- 5. To others he is a barnacle that has fastened itself to the underside of our patent system so tenaciously that the most powerful corporations in the world cannot pry it off .
- 对另一方而言，他成了紧紧依附在美国专利制度下的藤壶，二者接合的太紧，甚至连世界上最有权势的公司也奈何它不得。
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