exuviae
英 [ɪg'zjuːvɪiː; eg-]
美[ɪg'zʊvji]
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英文词源
- exuviae (n.)
- "cast-off skins, shells, or other coverings of animals," 1650s, Latin, literally "that which is stripped off," hence "slough, skin," also "clothing, equipment, arms, booty, spoils," from stem of exuere "to doff," from ex- "off" (see ex-) + PIE *eu- "to dress" (also in Latin induere "to dress," reduvia "fragment").
英英释意
- 1. cast-off skins or coverings of various organisms during ecdysis