cuticle

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates; the epidermis.
  2. The strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
    — By that time she has pushed back his cuticles, cleaned his nails and painted them with clear polish.
  3. Dead or cornified epidermis.
  4. A noncellular protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants.
  5. A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.
  6. A protective layer on the shell of a bird's egg.

词形变化

cuticles plural

词汇关系

衍生词
cuticleless cuticular endocuticle epicuticle exocuticle mesocuticle procuticle subcuticle
相关词
nail thumbnail toenail quick

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin cutīcula (“cuticle, skin”). Doublet of cuticula.
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