Word · Frequency #23561
barnacles
藤壶
barnacles is the plural of barnacle.
a small marine crustacean with a hard shell that attaches itself firmly to underwater surfaces such as rocks and ship hulls
- 1.
A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.
藤壶:一种附着在水下表面(如潮岩、船底)的蔓足亚纲海洋甲壳动物。
- 2.
The barnacle goose.
白颊黑雁。
藤壶:一种附着在水下表面(如潮岩、船底)的蔓足亚纲海洋甲壳动物。；白颊黑雁。；北极雁
In use
A barnacle attaches itself firmly to rocks and the bottoms of boats.
We scraped the barnacles off the old pier before painting it.
The boat's hull was covered with barnacles after months in the sea.
barnacles attach to [sth]
attach to 是“附着于”的意思，直接说明藤壶常固着在浸水表面上的习性。
Barnacles attach to the bottoms of boats.
藤壶附着在船底。
be covered with barnacles
be covered with 是被动语态，用来描述表面被藤壶大面积覆盖的状态。
The rocks were covered with barnacles.
岩石上覆盖着藤壶。
barnacle-covered [noun]
barnacle-covered 是“名词+过去分词”构成的复合形容词，常放在名词前作定语。
Connections
Collocations
- barnacle goose
- 北极雁（白颊黑雁）
- A flock of barnacle geese rested on the cliff.一群北极雁在悬崖上休息。
- barnacle-covered rocks
- 布满藤壶的岩石
- The barnacle-covered rocks are slippery at low tide.退潮时，布满藤壶的岩石很滑。
- acorn barnacle
- 橡子藤壶
- Acorn barnacles are common on rocky shores.橡子藤壶在岩质海岸很常见。
- barnacle larvae
- 藤壶幼虫
- Barnacle larvae swim freely before attaching to hard surfaces.藤壶幼虫在附着到坚硬表面前会自由游动。
- barnacle shells
- 藤壶壳
- The beach was littered with empty barnacle shells.海滩上散落着空的藤壶壳。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想“巴拿克”：藤壶巴在船底，拿不下来，壳还硬，所以叫 barnacle。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：海洋生物学、船舶维护 在海洋生物学和船舶维护等场景中均为中性常用词，不具明显正式或口语色彩。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 barnacle 一样以 -cle 结尾，但重音和元音不同，因此不构成押韵。其中 obstacle、spectacle、pinnacle 保持 -acle 的拼写，读音分别为 /ˈɒbstəkəl/、/ˈspektəkəl/、/ˈpɪnəkəl/；article、monocle、uncle 仅共享 -cle 结尾。请勿根据拼写推断发音。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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