| 单词 | octopus |
| 释义 | octopus (once / 5151 pages) n An octopus is an eight-legged sea creature. Octopuses are intelligent animals, and have been shown to have great capacity for learning. (However, that doesn't stop people from grilling and eating them.) An octopus is a mollusk, which means it's a distant relation of slugs, snails, clams, and mussels. It's also a cephalopod, an animal with a large head and tentacles or arms. Of the other animals in these categories, octopuses are by far the smartest, and they're also incredibly flexible because of their lack of a skeleton or hard shell, which makes them able to squeeze through tiny spaces. The Greek root, oktopous, means "eight-foot." WORD FAMILYoctopus: octopi, octopuses USAGE EXAMPLESHe was keen to try octopus, and it met with his approval. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) Daily Fishtival programs feature diver shows in the Window on Washington Waters exhibit and programs on marine mammals and the Aquarium’s resident octopus. Seattle Times(Dec 25, 2016) This little white octopus, dubbed “Casper,” certainly looks cute. Science Magazine(Dec 20, 2016) 1n bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles Syn|Hyper devilfish octopod a cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell 2n tentacles of octopus prepared as food Hyper seafood edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc |
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