proboscis

n. 长鼻子, 喙 [医] 喙, 吻

发音

UK /pɹə(ʊ)ˈbɒs(k)ɪs/
其它
US /pɹoʊˈbɑs(k)ɪs/
CA /pɹoʊˈbɑs(k)ɪs/
CA /pɹoʊˈbɒs(k)ɪs/
US /pɹoʊˈbɒs(k)ɪs/
AU /pɹəʉˈbɔs(k)ɪs/
NZ /pɹɐʉˈbɒs(k)əs/
NZ /pɹɐʉˈbɔ̟s(k)əs/

词形变化

probosces probosci proboscides proboscises 复数 proboscises proboscides 复数 probosces 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.

    长鼻

    吻

    象鼻

    医学
  2. 2.

    An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.

    The tubular feeding and sucking organ of certain invertebrates like insects, worms and molluscs.

    医学 生物 动物学
  3. 3.

    An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.

    The trunk of an elephant.

    医学
  4. 4.

    A large or lengthy human nose.

    幽默 非正式

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

trunk

上位词 4

nose snout neb olfactory organ

整体词 2

elephant mammoth

相关短语

proboscis worm un. 纽形动物 [网络] 吻虫；纽形动物门 proboscis worms proboscis monkey n. 长鼻猴 proboscis monkeys

词源

From Latin proboscis, from Ancient Greek προβοσκίς (proboskís, “elephant's trunk”) literally "means for taking food," from προ- (pro-, “before”) + βόσκω (bóskō, “to nourish, feed”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷeh₃- from which also comes βοτάνη (botánē, “grass, fodder”).

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