3325英語網 單詞
exuviae的意思
exuviae
英 [?g'zju?v?i?; eg-]
美 [?g'z?vji]
- n. 蛻皮；殘骸；空殼
英文詞源
- 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").