单词 | body covering |
释义 | body covering (once / 319441 pages) n WORD FAMILY body covering: body coverings USAGE EXAMPLESThere will be a single central governing body covering all schools in the group across the country, rather than governors at individual level. BBC(Jan 18, 2016) Of all the body coverings nature has designed, feathers are the most various and the most mysterious. Scientific American(Aug 11, 2014) The NHS body covering north Wales has named its new chief executive as the man currently in charge of hospitals in mid and west Wales. BBC(Mar 25, 2014) n any covering for the body or a body part Hypo|Hyper hide, pelt, skin body covering of a living animal feather, plumage, plumethe light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds protective coveringthe tough natural covering of some organisms cutis, skin, tegumenta natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch exuviaecast-off skins or coverings of various organisms during ecdysis haira covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss headfula covering over the surface of your head epicraniumthe muscle and aponeurosis and skin covering the cranium exoskeletonthe exterior protective or supporting structure or shell of many animals (especially invertebrates) including bony or horny parts such as nails or scales or hoofs investmentouter layer or covering of an organ or part or organism down, down feathersoft fine feathers aftershafta supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of the base of the shaft of some feathers in some birds contour featherfeathers covering the body of an adult bird and determining its shape alula, bastard wing, spurious wingtuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing marabouthe downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments hacklelong slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants coat, pelagegrowth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal guard haircoarse hairs that form the outer fur and protect the underfur of certain mammals manelong coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck forelock, foretopa lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears armor, armourtough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant scutelarge bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake scleritehard plate or element of the exoskeleton of some arthropods clypeusa shield-like plate on the front of an insect's head plastron(zoology) the part of a turtle's shell forming its underside beardhairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals flight feather, pinion, quill, quill featherany of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird scapulara feather covering the shoulder of a bird thick skinskin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros) skin grafta piece of skin taken from a donor area and surgically grafted at the site of an injury or burn buffbare skin; naked dewlapa hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck body hairshort hair growing over a person's body down, pilefine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) head of hair, manegrowth of hair covering the scalp of a human being cowlicka tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flat coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstylethe arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) curl, lock, ringlet, whorla strand or cluster of hair facial hairhair on the face (especially on the face of a man) brow, eyebrow, superciliumthe arch of hair above each eye cilium, eyelash, lashany of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids foreskin, prepucea fold of skin covering the tip of the penis foreskin, prepucea fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris scalpthe skin that covers the top of the head cuticlethe dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail agnail, hangnaila loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected cover, covering, natural covering a natural object that covers or envelops |
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