limpet英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Any of various gastropods with a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot that they use to create strong suction to cling onto rocks or other hard surfaces.
Someone clingy or dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space. UK

— He stuck to me like a limpet all day!

动词 v.

To gather limpets.

— Mother visited the little cottage over the hill, and found Lisette's story to be quite correct; and many times the Frenchwoman blessed the day when Margie went limpeting and Lisette lent the old knife to the golden-haired little English lady.

词形变化

limpets plural limpin alternative,dialectal limpets present,singular,third-person limpeting participle,present limpeted participle,past limpeted past limpin alternative,dialectal

词汇关系

衍生词

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词源

词源 1

From Middle English lempet, from Old English lempedu (“lamprey”), borrowed from Medieval Latin lampreda, alteration of Late Latin lampetra (“lamprey”), whose further origin is unknown, though is traditionally thought to derive from lambō (“to lick, lap”) + petra (“stone, rock”). Doublet of lamprey, which came through Old French.

词源 2

From Middle English lempet, from Old English lempedu (“lamprey”), borrowed from Medieval Latin lampreda, alteration of Late Latin lampetra (“lamprey”), whose further origin is unknown, though is traditionally thought to derive from lambō (“to lick, lap”) + petra (“stone, rock”). Doublet of lamprey, which came through Old French.