proboscis

英 [prəˈbɒsɪs]

美 [proʊˈbɑːsɪs]

n.  (某些动物的)长鼻子; 象鼻; (某些昆虫的)管状长嘴，喙; (人的)大鼻子

GRE医学

BNC.38168 / COCA.29996

牛津词典

noun

• （某些动物的）长鼻子；象鼻
  the long flexible nose of some animals, such as an elephant
• （某些昆虫的）管状长嘴，喙
  the long thin mouth, like a tube, of some insects
• （人的）大鼻子
  a large human nose

英英释义

noun

• a long flexible snout as of an elephant
  Synonym:trunk
• the human nose (especially when it is large)

双语例句

• When stimulated, it spits out milk-white proboscis which resembles branches of a tree.
  刺激该动物时，就会把乳白色、树枝状结构的吻喷出体外。
• It sticks its little proboscis in and just stays right there, bathed in bliss.
  它把小小的长吻伸了进去，就在那里呆着不动，沐浴在极乐之中。
• Soft unsegmented marine worms having a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract.
  身体部分段的海生软体蠕虫，有象线一样的长鼻子，能够伸长和收缩。
• The resulting itch is caused not by the piercing proboscis or the protein in the mosquito's saliva but by the body's immune response to them.
  蚊子咬后刺痒的感觉不是由于其口器插入或蚊子唾液中的蛋白造成的而是我们对其的免疫反应产生的。
• Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey. raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes pandas.
  旧域猴；长尾猴；狒狒；疣猴；叶猴；短尾猴；山魈；白眉猴；长鼻猴。浣熊；长鼻浣熊；环尾猫熊；蜜熊；某些领域包括熊猫。
• The lamina muscularis is plentiful in proboscis, mouth and pharynx but lack in esophagus, stomach and intestine.
  肌层在吻、口和咽壁发达，而在食道、胃和肠壁较薄。
• Preliminary study on the pathogenic bacteria isolated from proboscis edema-diseased Babylonia areolata
  方斑东风螺吻管水肿病病原菌的初步研究
• The proboscis monkey eats almost nothing but mangrove leaves.
  长鼻猴几乎只能吃红树林的树叶。
• Its proboscis works like a syringe to draw out blood.
  它的口器工作原理就像注射器抽血。
• Any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines.
  多种寄生在脊椎动物体内的蠕虫，其能够伸缩的长鼻子上覆有许多钩状的刺。