单词 | pellicle |
释义 | pellicle (once / 35177 pages) n WORD FAMILY pellicle: pellicles USAGE EXAMPLESBefore smoking, refrigerate the cheese uncovered the night before so it develops a "pellicle" — that sticky surface to which the smoke will adhere. Los Angeles Times(May 22, 2015) "We are acquainted with a mere pellicle of the globe on which we live," writes Thoreau, "We know not where we are." The Guardian(Oct 10, 2012) Young resembling parents, but penultimate instar passive and enclosed in a filmy pellicle. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2012) n thin protective membrane in some protozoa Hyper investment outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism |
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