octopus

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈɒktəpʊs/|/ˈɒktəpəs/    美 /ˈɑktəpʊs/|/ˈɑktəpəs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of several marine molluscs of the order Octopoda, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid and cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers. broadly,countable
    — Even octopuses without stylets almost certainly retain the molecular machinery necessary to build them.
  2. A mollusc from genus Octopus. countable
  3. The flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food. uncountable
  4. An organization that has many powerful branches controlled from the centre. countable
  5. An instance of a player scoring a touchdown immediately followed by a successful two-point conversion, resulting in a total score of eight points. countable,informal,uncountable
  6. A safety device allowing divers to share an air supply in an emergency. countable
动词 v.
  1. To put (or attempt to put) one's fingers, hands or arms in many things or places at roughly the same time.
    — He rises up on his wasted legs, the healer's hands octopussed on his head.
  2. To spread out in long arms or legs in many directions.
    — The bug-eyed press octopussed to their respective word processors.
  3. To plug a large number of devices into a single electric outlet.
    — If they're all for a single indoor tree, caution against "octopusing" of cords from other cords, and the use of a number of cords in a single receptacle.
  4. To grow in use vastly beyond what was originally intended. broadly
    — The interlocking business organizations have octopussed beyond all imagining in recent years; they are intermingled with citizens' union-smashing committees and women's strikebreaking “patriotic” groups, such as Neutral Thousands and Women of the Pacific.
  5. To hunt and catch octopuses.
    — The sport could be called octopusing or octopus hunting— and any number may play. Supposing you catch an octopus, what do you have?
  6. To behave like an octopus.
    — Night fell especially dark and cold for August, inky blackness tendrilling in, octopussing even the street lamps, now dim with vague form.

词形变化

octopuses plural octopusses nonstandard,plural octopi hypercorrect,plural octopii hypercorrect,plural,rare octopodes plural,rare octopus nonstandard,plural,rare octopusses present,singular,third-person octopuses present,singular,third-person octopussing participle,present octopusing participle,present octopussed participle,past octopussed past octopused participle,past octopused past

词汇关系

近义词
polypus
衍生词
blanket octopus blue-ringed octopus coconut octopus common octopus curled octopus dumbo octopus giant octopus giant Pacific octopus glass octopus gloomy octopus Kochtopus larger Pacific striped octopus mimic octopus occy octopamine octopean octopian octopic octopine octopod octopoid octopoidal Octopolis octopusal octopus bush octopus cable octopusesque octopush octopus hold octopusial octopusical octopusine octopus ink octopusish octopuslike octopus stinkhorn octopus strap octopus stretch octopussy octopusy seven-arm octopus sharktopus Turquet's octopus umbrella octopus
相关词
🐙 calamari cuttlefish Kraken nautilus squid

词源

词源 1
From Latin octōpūs, from Ancient Greek ὀκτώπους (oktṓpous), from ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) + πούς (poús, “foot”). Piecewise doublet of octopod and octopede.
词源 2
From Latin octōpūs, from Ancient Greek ὀκτώπους (oktṓpous), from ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) + πούς (poús, “foot”). Piecewise doublet of octopod and octopede.
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