instar

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈɪnstɑː/    美 /ˈɪnstɑɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any one of the several stages of postembryonic development which an arthropod undergoes, between molts, before it reaches sexual maturity.
  2. An arthropod at a specified one of these stages of development.
    — In A. orientalis, first and second instars were more susceptible than third instars to H. bacteriophora TF strain, […]
  3. A stage in development. broadly
    — We avoided Tourist Homes, country cousins of Funeral ones, old-fashioned, genteel and showerless, with elaborate dressing tables in depressingly white-and-pink little bedrooms, and photographs of the landlady’s children in all their instars.
动词 v.
  1. To stud or adorn with stars or other brilliants; to star. archaic,transitive
    — Yet mark with shining steps the humbler way; And, as angelic feet instar the sky, Drop the bright sparks along the wilderness.
  2. To make a star of; set as a star. transitive

词形变化

instars plural instars present,singular,third-person instarring participle,present instarred participle,past instarred past

词源

词源 1
From Latin instar (“form, likeness”), which is of obscure origin.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English in-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr
Proto-Germanic *sternǭ
Proto-West Germanic *sternō
Proto-West Germanic *sterrō
Old English steorra
Middle English sterre
English star
English instar
From in- + star.
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