| 单词 | shell collecting |
| 释义 | shell collecting (once / 2954828 pages) n WORD FAMILY shell collecting USAGE EXAMPLESFishing and scuba diving are both forbidden, as is shell collecting, which I admit I was slightly disappointed to hear. Washington Post(Feb 19, 2015) “Shell collecting by beachcombers is an intuitively obvious explanation,” he says, “but many other processes with tourism can lead to removal or destruction of shells.” Washington Post(May 12, 2014) Much of the fascination of shell collecting is learning these names and how they were derived. . . for shells have been named for almost everything. Shell Union Oil Corporation, Let's Collect Rocks and Shells(2010) n the collection and study of mollusc shells Syn|Hyper conchology aggregation, assembling, collecting, collection the act of gathering something together malacologythe branch of zoology that studies the structure and behavior of mollusks |
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