| 词汇 | barnacle |
| 释义 | barnacle noun[ C ] uk /ˈbɑː.nə.kəl/ us /ˈbɑːr.nə.kəl/ a small sea creature with a shell, that sticks very tightly and in large numbers to rocks and the bottom of boats（岩石、船底等处的）附着甲壳动物，藤壶 yxowert/iStock / Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Sea creatures abalone amphipod anemone barrier reef bay scallop crab cray crayfish crustacean cuttlefish lobster marron mollusc mussel octopus shipworm shrimp snow crab soft-shell clam squid Barnacles formed in clusters, stopping the speed, and sea-worms bored through the planking. Nearly every rock has its crust of barnacles and clumps of mussels. O, the barnacles that cling to your keel in such waters! Ships that go around the world accumulate many barnacles, but barnacles as a help to the navigator are an iridescent dream. The barnacles interfere greatly with the speed of a vessel, and in a cruiser speed is of prime importance. barnacle | American Dictionarybarnacle noun[ C ] us/ˈbɑr·nɪ·kəl/ a small sea creature with a shell that fastens itself tightly and in large numbers to rocks and the bottoms of boats Examples of barnaclebarnacle Osmolarity was measured for solutions in which ion substitutions were made to be cer tain it equaled that of normal barnacle saline. Adaptation in the input 0output relation of the synapse made by the barnacle's photoreceptor. Westerkamp's journey into the inner world of the barnacles validates the exploration of her own inner world, and ultimately that of the listener. Interference competition for attachment space on the rocky substrate is usually intense among species of algae as well as between sessile filter-feeding invertebrates such as mussels and barnacles. There are increasing stocks of barnacle and whitefront geese, but we never seem to find long-term answers to the problems. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Shipbuilding is still bumping along with the barnacles scraping the bottom. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the busy time their vessels have barely time to turn round in port, and have to be sent to sea often covered barnacles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Fourthly, a 10-yearly review would reassure people that, as time elapsed, no barnacles would gather on the bottom of the boat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It can only benefit the pirates and the barnacles who contribute no design or technical input of their own. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I find that in running a business successfully it is essential to cut the barnacles off the bottom. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A 10-yearly review would make sure that the bottom of the old boat got scraped and that there were no barnacles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Exactly the same procedure ought to be adopted with barnacle and white-fronted geese. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Barnacle and white-fronted geese are listed in annex 1 of the directive on the conservation of wild birds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One morning, a flock of barnacle geese flew over me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Could he tell us what barnacles he had in mind and which he proposed to get rid of? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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