proboscis: [17] The elephant’s trunk was originally called proboscis because it is used for getting food – by pulling down leafy branches, for instance. The word comes via Latin from Greek proboskís, a compound formed from pró ‘in front’ and bóskein ‘feed’.
proboscis (n.)
c. 1600, "elephant's trunk," from Latin proboscis (Pliny), from Greek proboskis "elephant's trunk," literally "means for taking food," from pro "forward" (see pro-) + boskein "to nourish, feed," from boskesthai "graze, be fed," from stem *bot- (source of botane "grass, fodder;" see botanic).
proboscis 英文释义
1. the human nose (especially when it is large)
2. a long flexible snout as of an elephant
proboscis 双语例句
1. Its proboscis has got stuck to a lot of pollen.
它的喙上粘了很多花粉。
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2. Its proboscis works like a syringe to draw out blood.
它的口器工作原理就像注射器抽血.
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3. The male proboscis monkey has a pendulous vaguely salacious Jimmy Durante nose.
这种雄性长鼻猴长着一个下垂的、看上去有些色迷迷的大鼻子.
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4. They prey on other invertebrates, which they capture with a unique proboscis.
它们用独特的吻捕食其它无脊椎动物.
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5. Did You see Proboscis Monkey Before?
这种动物你见过 吗 ?——长鼻猴(图)
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proboscis 实用场景例句
It'sticks its little proboscis in and just stays right there, bathed in bliss.
它把小小的长吻伸了进去,就在那里呆着不动, 沐浴在极乐之中.
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A portion of the proboscis that adapted as a sucking organ in many insects.
一种小而颜色鲜艳的美洲热带歌鸟,有弧形喙,适于从花中吮吸花蜜.
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It hovers in front of the flower , using its proboscis to look for nectar.
它在兰花前面飞来飞去, 用喙寻找花蜜.
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Its proboscis works like a syringe to draw out blood.
它的口器工作原理就像注射器抽血.
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Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque ; mandrill ; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey.
旧域猴：长尾猴; 狒狒; 疣猴; 叶猴; 短尾猴; 山魈;白眉猴; 长鼻猴.
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Did You see Proboscis Monkey Before?
这种动物你见过 吗 ?——长鼻猴(图)
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The male proboscis monkey has a pendulous vaguely salacious Jimmy Durante nose.
这种雄性长鼻猴长着一个下垂的、看上去有些色迷迷的大鼻子.
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They prey on other invertebrates, which they capture with a unique proboscis.
