nautilus

FREQ #25960

n. 鹦鹉螺, 船蛸

发音

UK /ˈnɔː.tɪ.ləs/
US /ˈnɔ.tɪ.ləs/
US /ˈnɑ.tɪ.ləs/

词形变化

nautili nautiluses 复数 nautiluses nautili 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers, of which Nautilus is the type genus.

    鹦鹉螺

  2. 2.

    A kind of diving bell that sinks or rises by means of compressed air.

  3. 3.

    A paper nautilus (actually an octopus).

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

argonaut chambered nautilus nuclear submarine paper nautilus pearly nautilus

上位词 5

sub submarine cephalopod octopod pigboat

相关短语

paper nautilus [无脊椎动物]船艄, 属软体动物（其雌性具纸状外壳） chambered nautilus 鹦鹉螺 pearly nautilus n. 鹦鹉螺

词源

From Latin nautilus, from Ancient Greek ναυτίλος (nautílos, “paper nautilus, sailor”).

来源：wiktionary