单词 | stridulation |
释义 | stridulation (once / 82079 pages) n WORD FAMILY stridulate: stridulated, stridulates, stridulating, stridulation USAGE EXAMPLESGround crickets also make a noise—a “disturbance stridulation”—either to scare off predators or remind them of exactly what they’re about to mess with. Slate(Feb 13, 2013) They use a process called stridulation, where special body parts are rubbed together to make a noise. Scientific American(Oct 04, 2012) Dr Zapata described this stridulation as similar to playing a tiny violin. BBC(Feb 06, 2012) n a shrill grating or chirping noise made by some insects by rubbing body parts together Hyper noise sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) |
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