elytron
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
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A sheath or outer covering, especially around the spinal cord or over the hindwings of certain insects.
— In a corner, the Darkling Beetle rustles in its Cage, its Elytra the same unforgiving white as the great sand-waste call’d ‘Kalahari’ lying north of here […]
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Etymology tree
Ancient Greek εἰλύω (eilúō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-trom
Proto-Hellenic *-tron
Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)
Ancient Greek ἔλυτρον (élutron)lbor.
English elytron
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔλυτρον (élutron, “sheath”).
Ancient Greek εἰλύω (eilúō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-trom
Proto-Hellenic *-tron
Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)
Ancient Greek ἔλυτρον (élutron)lbor.
English elytron
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔλυτρον (élutron, “sheath”).
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