英语单词 | tendril |
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英美音标 | 英 ['tendrəl] 美 ['tendrəl] |
中文释义 | n.卷须;蔓;卷须状物 |
英语例句 | (1) The morning glory climbs the trunk with its tendril. (2) Cauline tendril is as long as several meters, the gas that relies on a bine to go up is rooted and adsorptive climb aid to grow. |
中文例句 | (1) 牵牛花用卷须攀着树干。 (2) 茎蔓长达数米,靠茎上的气生根吸附攀援生长。 |
vocabulary简明 | Plants don't have arms or tentacles, but they have something a tiny bit similar: tendrils. Tendrils are thin organs of plants that wrap around other objects for support. |
vocabulary扩展 | Tendrils are very thin, stem-like appendages that stretch outward from the plant. The main purpose of the tendrils is to support the plant: the tendrils wrap around objects (like a post or fence) to help keep the plant upright, which helps it receive sunlight. Tendrils are an example of how, even without a brain, plants are pretty smart. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]一束,一缕(头发等) A tendril is something light and thin, for example a piece of hair which hangs loose and is away from the main part.
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](攀缘植物的)卷须, 蔓 Tendrils are thin stems which grow on some plants so that they can attach themselves to supports such as walls or other plants. [usu pl] |
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