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

• 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。
• Among the 10 primate species that inhabit this area are the orangutan and proboscis monkey, which live only on Borneo.
  在此栖息的十种灵长类动物中，红毛猩猩与长鼻猴是婆罗洲特有的。
• Coronary artery is proboscis and ramus of inferior epigastric artery and obturator artery.
  冠状动脉是腹壁下动脉和闭孔动脉的吻和支。
• Two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals.
  双翅昆虫，雌性有一个长鼻子以刺穿人和动物的皮肤并吸血。
• When a mosquito bites, it uses a long mouth tube, called a proboscis, to poke through your skin.
  一旦蚊子来咬你，她就用一根叫喙的长长的管状器官，戳穿你的皮肤。
• 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。
• 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。
• Suckers, on the other hand, have a tube-like mouthpart called a proboscis that allows them to get liquid by sucking or lapping, whether from the nectar of flowers or from a soda can.
  而吸收式口器则有一个管状叫做“喙”的部分，它可以让昆虫通过吸或舔的方式获得水分，不论是从花的花蜜中还是从汽水瓶都可以。
• The proboscis monkey eats almost nothing but mangrove leaves.
  长鼻猴几乎只能吃红树林的树叶。
• 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。