limpet

n. 纠缠者

发音

其它 /ˈlɪm.pɪt/

词形变化

limpets 复数 limpets limpeted limpeting limpets 三单 limpeting 现在分词 limpeted 过去式 limpeted 过去分词

别名

limpin

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of various gastropods with a conical shell shape patelliform and a strong, muscular foot that they use to create strong suction to cling onto rocks or other hard surfaces.

  2. 2.

    Someone clingy or dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space.

    He stuck to me like a limpet all day!

v.
  1. 1.

    To gather limpets.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

shellfish sea snail

下位词 1

keyhole limpet

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English lempet, from Old English lempedu (“lamprey”), borrowed from Medieval Latin lampreda, alteration of Late Latin lampetra (“lamprey”), whose further origin is unknown, though is traditionally thought to derive from lambō (“to lick, lap”) + petra (“stone, rock”). Doublet of lamprey, which came through Old French.

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