cirrus

n. 卷须, 蔓足, 触毛 [医] 雄茎(蠕虫)

发音

US /ˈsɪɹəs/
其它
UK /ˈsɪɹəs/
US /ˈsɪɹaɪ/
UK /ˈsɪɹaɪ/

词形变化

cirri 复数 cirri cirruses

别名

cirrhus

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of tendril (“a thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support”).

    生物 植物学
  2. 2.

    A thin tendril-like appendage, such as a barbel (“whisker-like sensory organ around the mouth”) of some fish, a cilium of some species of protists, or a foot of some crustaceans of the infraclass Cirripedia.

    生物 动物学
  3. 3.

    A principal high-level type of cloud, typically composed of thin, delicate, white filaments or wisps, or narrow bands.

    卷云

    定语 气象

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

cirrhus

上位词 5

process cloud appendage tendril outgrowth

下位词 1

mare's-tail

相关短语

cirrus aviaticus cirrus tractus false cirrus

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin cirrus (“curl; fringe of clothes; mane (especially forelock) of a horse; etc”); further etymology unknown. Sense 2 (“type of cloud”) was coined by the British chemist and amateur meteorologist Luke Howard (1772–1864): see the 1803 quotation. The plural form cirri is also a learned borrowing from Latin cirrī, the nominative or vocative plural of cirrus.

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