| 单词 | vibrissa |
| 释义 | vibrissa (once / 492472 pages) n WORD FAMILY vibrissa: vibrissae USAGE EXAMPLESSprouting on the face are whiskers called vibrissae. Washington Post(Apr 12, 2015) “I thought that the vibrissae about my nostrils detected something unique while I was outside.” John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces(1980) These long vibrissae point forward in flight, assisting in the navigation of the tight spaces among leaves and branches. New York Times(Feb 21, 2014) n a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat Syn|Hyper sensory hair, whisker hair a filamentous projection or process on an organism |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。