barnacles是什么意思？

barnacles

英['ba:nəklz] 美['banəklz]

• n. 鼻钳似的刑具，<英口>眼镜，（岩石、船底等处的）附着甲壳动物( barnacle的名词复数 )；

例句

• They scraped off the barnacles that always encrusted on the ship's hull. 他们刮去总是附在船身外面的甲壳动物.
• Zoologists refer barnacles to Crustanceans. 动物学家把螺蛳归入甲壳类.
• Nautical To encrust ( a ship's hull ) with foreign matter, such as barnacles. 使 ( 船的外壳 ) 包上外来的东西, 如藤壶.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （岩石、船底等处附着的）甲壳动物，藤壶
  Barnacles are small shellfish that fix themselves tightly to rocks and the bottoms of boats.