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exuviae的意思

exuviae

英 [g'zjuvi; eg-] 美 [g'zvji]
  • n. 蜕皮;残骸;空壳

exuviae

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").