| 单词 | cuticle |
| 释义 | cuticle (once / 9307 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY cuticle: cuticles USAGE EXAMPLESI use it on my cuticles, not my lips. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) His nails were clipped short and his cuticles were dry but trimmed. New York Times(Dec 08, 2016) After conditioning, a cold water rinse helps the cuticle seal in the emollients. New York Times(Nov 16, 2016) 1 1n hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles Syn|Hypo|Hyper carapace, shell, shield cuticula the outer body wall of an insect scute large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake 2n the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper epidermis mantle, pallium (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell stratum one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock) n the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail Hyper cutis, skin, tegument a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch |
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