carapace

英 [ˈkærəpeɪs]

美 [ˈkærəpeɪs]

n.  (某些动物，如蟹的)甲壳，背甲，外壳

复数：carapaces　

TOEFLGRE医学

BNC.27348 / COCA.23667

牛津词典

noun

• （某些动物，如蟹的）甲壳，背甲，外壳
  the hard shell on the back of some animals such as crabs , that protects them

柯林斯词典

• (龟、蟹等的)甲壳,背甲
  Acarapaceis the protective shell on the back of some animals such as tortoises or crabs.
• N-COUNT (用以自我保护的)外壳，外衣,外表
  You can refer to an attitude that someone has in order to protect themselves as theircarapace.
  1. The arrogance became his protective carapace.
     这种傲慢态度成了他的保护壳。

英英释义

noun

• hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
  Synonym:shellcuticleshield

双语例句

• Hello, This is because the crab's carapace where the existence of a variety of different color.
  您好，这是因为螃蟹的甲壳那里不同的的颜色。
• Marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces. small freshwater crustaceans with a shield-shaped carapace.
  海生甲壳动物，有羽毛状捕食的附肢；幼体独立游水；成体形成硬壳附着生活于水下。小型淡水甲壳动物，长有盾牌状甲壳。
• On busy Pearl River canalage, the sailor all of associate with ship runs to board to contend for see this antique wooden carapace sailing boat.
  繁忙的珠江水路上，过往船只的船员全都跑到甲板上争看这艘古色古香的木壳帆船。
• The carapace also has a characteristic appearance.
  其背甲也拥有一个特征性的外观。
• Therefore, they present a dark carapace.
  因此，他们提出一个黑暗的甲壳。
• We were told that macaroons needed to be left for several hours to enable the filling to soften the lid and base, until only the carapace of the meringue remained crisp.
  老师告诉我们蛋白杏仁饼干需要放上几小时，馅才能让皮和底变得松软，直到饼干的外壳变脆。
• Within the hardened carapace beats the heart of a remorseless killer. ( zoology) having cold blood ( in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated).
  他坚固的外壳下跳动的是一颗冷血的杀手之心。（动物学）冷血的（动物中那些体温不是内在调节的）。
• Incubation temperature had significant effects on the hatchling mass, carapace length and width, plastron length and width, body height, and tail length;
  孵化温度显著影响孵出幼体的质量、背甲长和宽、腹甲长和宽、体高和尾长；
• But the upper shell, called a carapace, was not there, only a thickened backbone and ribs.
  但是背部却没有壳（即没有甲壳），只有增厚的脊椎骨和肋骨。
• Study on Extraction, Purification and Stability of Pigment from Portunid Carapace
  梭子蟹壳色素的提取、纯化及其稳定性的研究