elytron

英语

词源

古典借词，源自古希腊语 ἔλυτρον (élutron, “鞘”)。

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助): /ˈɛlɪtɹɒn/

名词

elytron (复数 elytra)

1. (昆虫学) 鞘翅
   • 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon:

     In a corner, the Darkling Beetle rustles in its Cage, its Elytra the same unforgiving white as the great sand-waste call’d ‘Kalahari’ lying north of here […]

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   • 2020, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments, Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, →ISBN，第 9 页:

     […] the elytra covering the hind wings of the firefly lift like a light leather, suppler than any other beetle’s.

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