conch

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
  2. The shell of this sea animal.
  3. A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.
  4. The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.
  5. Synonym of concher (“machine used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate”).
动词 v.
  1. To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.
  2. To play a conch seashell as a musical instrument, by blowing through a hole made close to the origin of the spiral.

词形变化

conches plural conchs plural conk alternative conque alternative conches present,singular,third-person conching participle,present conched participle,past conched past conk alternative conque alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
Bubonian conch cameo conch conchiform conchite conchology conchometry conker deuteroconch Eastern Pacific giant conch Florida horse conch line conch macroconch microconch nucleoconch protoconch queen conch teleoconch
相关词
congius

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Pre-Greekbor.?
Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē)bor.
Latin conchabor.
English conch
Borrowed from Latin concha, borrowed from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē, “a mussel or cockle; a shell-like cavity”). Doublet of concha.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Pre-Greekbor.?
Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē)bor.
Latin conchabor.
English conch
Borrowed from Latin concha, borrowed from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē, “a mussel or cockle; a shell-like cavity”). Doublet of concha.
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