nautilus

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈnɔː.tɪ.ləs/    美 /ˈnɔ.tɪ.ləs/|/ˈnɑ.tɪ.ləs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers, of which Nautilus is the type genus.
    — He was still prepared to go on collecting all that life could offer, like a chambered nautilus patiently adding new cells to its slowly expanding spiral.
  2. A kind of diving bell that sinks or rises by means of compressed air.
  3. A paper nautilus (actually an octopus).

词形变化

nautiluses plural nautili plural

词汇关系

近义词
chambered nautilus
上位词
cephalopod
衍生词
nautiliform nautilite nautiloid paper nautilus pearly nautilus
相关词
nautical

词源

From Latin nautilus, from Ancient Greek ναυτίλος (nautílos, “paper nautilus, sailor”).
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