Word · Frequency #23719
limpets
帽贝；笠贝
limpets is the plural of limpet.
a marine mollusk with a low conical shell that clings to rocks in littoral areas
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Any of various gastropods with a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot that they use to create strong suction to cling onto rocks or other hard surfaces.
多种腹足类动物,具有圆锥形外壳和强壮的肌肉足,可产生强大吸力附着于岩石或其他坚硬表面。
多种腹足类动物,具有圆锥形外壳和强壮的肌肉足,可产生强大吸力附着于岩石或其他坚硬表面。；纠缠者
In use
While walking along the shore, we saw a limpet attached to a rock.
Limpets use their muscular foot to hold on tightly to the rocks.
The children found several limpets in the shallow tide pool.
limpets cling to [place]
cling to 意为“紧紧附在……上”，后接具体地点或物体。
Limpets cling tightly to rocks in the intertidal zone.
帽贝紧紧贴在潮间带的岩石上。
a limpet with [feature]
介词 with 在此表示“具有、长着”，用于描述帽贝的特征。
A limpet with a low conical shell is a common sight on rocky shores.
带有低圆锥形壳的帽贝在岩石海岸很常见。
limpets are found clinging to [place]
be found + -ing 是常用的被动结构，表示“被发现处于某种状态”，用于客观描述。
Connections
Collocations
- cling like a limpet
- 像帽贝一样紧贴不放；纠缠不休
- The toddler clung to his mother's leg like a limpet.那个幼儿像帽贝一样紧紧抱住妈妈的腿不放。
- limpet shell
- 帽贝的壳
- She collected a smooth limpet shell from the rocks.她从岩石上捡起一个光滑的帽贝壳。
- common limpet
- 普通帽贝
- The common limpet grazes on algae at high tide.普通帽贝在涨潮时啃食藻类。
- keyhole limpet
- 钥孔帽贝（壳顶有孔洞的帽贝）
- A keyhole limpet lives under stones in shallow water.钥孔帽贝生活在浅水的石头下面。
- limpet teeth
- 帽贝的牙齿
- Scientists study limpet teeth because they are extremely strong.科学家研究帽贝的牙齿，因为它们极其坚硬。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
limpet帽贝：低锥壳紧贴岩石，像黏人的纠缠者，甩也甩不掉。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：marine biology、seashore field guides limpet 指帽贝/笠贝时，通常用于海洋生物或海岸生态等场合，语气比较中性。日常口语中不算高频词，但在描述海边岩石上的贝类时仍然自然。
Pronunciation & Spelling
没有常见的完全同韵词。注意拼写相似的词发音不同：limp /lɪmp/、limpid /ˈlɪmpɪd/、lamp /læmp/、lump /lʌmp/，以及以 -pet 结尾的 puppet /ˈpʌpɪt/、carpet /ˈkɑːrpɪt/ 都与 limpet /ˈlɪmpɪt/ 不同韵。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.