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Cuticle N Kju:Tikl N.表皮 英 表皮(The Outer Layer

单词 cuticle
音标 ['kju:tikl]
解释 n.表皮
红宝书 【英】 n. 表皮(the outer layer of the skin; epidermis)
字源 cuticle (n.)
1610s, from Latin cuticula, diminutive of cutis "skin," from PIE *ku-ti-, from root *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (cognates: Lithuanian kiautas "husk," Old English hyd "skin, hide;" see hide (n.1)). Specialized sense of "skin at the base of the nail" is from 1907. Related: Cuticular.
不择手段背单词 n. 表皮(脊椎动物皮肤的最外层) = epidermis
【记】cut切, icle小东西: 切下来的小东西-表皮
趣味全助记 【记】cut+音:口,切开一个口子,是切在皮肤上
【相关】cutaneous 皮肤的, cuticular 表皮的

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