cancrine

a. 似蟹的, 具有蟹之特点的

发音

/ˈkæŋkɹaɪn/

词形变化

more cancrine 比较级 most cancrine 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or pertaining to crabs.

    罕用
  2. 2.

    Palindromic; reading the same forwards or backwards.

    媒体
  3. 3.

    Of or pertaining to reading something backwards.

    引申义

词源

From Latin cancer (“crab”) + -īnus, as if from *cancrīnus. The poetry sense comes from the fact that most species of crab can walk sideways, either left or right.

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