urchin

英[ˈɜ:tʃɪn]
美[ˈɜ:tʃɪn]

意思解释

n. 顽童;淘气鬼;<主英><动>猬;<动>海胆

变化形式

复数: urchins

中文词源

urchin 海胆,流浪儿

来自拉丁语ericius,刺猬,来自PIE*ghers,刺,刺毛,词源同horror.

用法例句

To learn how urchin teeth stay sharp despite all that grinding , researchers analyzed the roughly 0.1-inch-long ( 3-millimeter-long ) choppers of the california purple sea urchin .
为了了解为什么海胆的牙齿不停地打磨岩石却不会变钝,研究人员对加利福尼亚紫海胆大约0.1英寸(3毫米)长的牙齿进行了分析。
Still , somehow , the negro and the urchin held him in a greater terror .
不过,不知为何,黑人和顽童们却更加畏惧他。
It grows like a sea urchin : long spines of ability radiate out towards specific needs and desires .
科技的发展就如海胆:能力像长长的脊椎一样向特定需求呈放射状。
Only three parts per million can kill sea urchin embryos , for example .
举例来说,仅仅百万分之三就能杀死海胆晶胚。
Adam was violent , and his cries and curses , his hard and brutal manner were the terror of the negro who passed at night that way , or the urchin overtaken by darkness on his road home .
亚当的内心充满暴力,他的漫天咒骂,他的冷酷无情,让夜晚走过那条路的黑人或是赶着夜路回家的顽童不寒而栗。