triffid

n. 巨型三裂植物（源出某科幻小说）；迅速蔓生的东西

发音

其它 /ˈtɹɪfɪd/

词形变化

triffids 复数 triffids

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A fictional plant, able to move around and kill people with a poisonous stinger

  2. 2.

    Any of the sea anemones of the genus Aiptasia with poisonous tentacles, which are a pest in aquaria.

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  3. 3.

    Any large, fast-growing and hard-to-remove weed, such as the flowering shrub Chromolaena odorata.

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Italic *trēs Latin trēsder. Latin tri- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *bʰinédti Proto-Italic *findō Latin findō Latin -fidus Latin trifidusbor. English trifid English triffid Coined by John Wyndham for his 1951 novel The Day of the Triffids, by alteration of the botanical term trifid (“having three lobes”).

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