| 单词 | devil's apron |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdevil's apron devil's apron n. (also devils' apron) U.S. any of various large kelps with relatively broad fronds, esp. Laminaria saccharina; kelp of this type. ΚΠ 1835 E. Hitchcock Rep. Geol. Mineral. Bot. & Zool. Mass. (ed. 2) iv. 649 Laminaria..saccharina, Agardh. Kelp. Devil's Apron. 1847 J. R. Lowell Let. 25 July in New Lett. (1932) 20 The number of devils'-aprons thrown up on the beach... I suggest..these portions of the pandemoniac wardrobe are repaired with devil's-darningneedles when they are torn upon the rocks. 1913 C. W. Townsend Sand Dunes & Salt Marshes xi. 267 These [sc. sea mussels] are generally cast up on the beach after a storm, tightly embraced in the roots of large devil's aprons. 2008 L. M. Flynn Swallow the Ocean 245 It's the smaller weeds, the winged kelp, sea palm, turkish towel, devil's apron, sealace, and tangle that flaunt their colors. < as lemmas |
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