conch

FREQ #31602

n. 海螺壳

发音

其它 /ˈkɒnt͡ʃ/

词形变化

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别名

conk conque

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.

  2. 2.

    The shell of this sea animal.

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  3. 3.

    A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.

  4. 4.

    The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.

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  5. 5.

    Synonym of concher (“machine used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate”).

v.
  1. 1.

    To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.

  2. 2.

    To play a conch seashell as a musical instrument, by blowing through a hole made close to the origin of the spiral.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

gastropod univalve

相关短语

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词源

From Latin concha, from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē). Doublet of concha.

来源：wiktionary