byssus
byssus — 名詞
1. A fine woven fabric used in the ancient world, believed to have been made from f
細麻布
古文明使用的精細亞麻織物
A fine woven fabric used in the ancient world, believed to have been made from flax or linen.
The museum kept a scrap of byssus from the time of the pharaohs.
博物館保存著一小片來自法老時代的細麻布。
collocation: scrap of byssus
Owen spent years studying how byssus was traded in the ancient world.
Owen 花費多年研究細麻布在古代世界的貿易方式。
Golden byssus from the temple was worth more than silk in Rome.
來自神廟的金色細麻布在羅馬時期比絲綢更貴重。
The priest wore robes of byssus during the great feast each spring.
那位祭司在每年春天的盛大節日穿著細麻布長袍。
Andrés found a small piece of byssus at a dig near the old port.
Andrés 在舊港口附近的考古挖掘中發現了一小塊細麻布。
2. A cluster of strong, silky threads that certain shellfish produce and use to fas
足絲
貝類用以附著於岩石的堅韌絲束
A cluster of strong, silky threads that certain shellfish produce and use to fasten themselves to rocks, wood, or other hard surfaces.
The mussel held fast to the pier with a tight bunch of byssus.
那隻貽貝用一束緊密的足絲牢牢固定在碼頭上。
collocation: bunch of byssus
Yasmin watched the scallop spin fresh byssus to grip the glass tank.
Yasmin 看著扇貝吐出新的足絲來抓住玻璃缸壁。
collocation: spin byssus
A thick tuft of byssus kept the oyster fixed to the wooden post.
一簇厚實的足絲讓牡蠣牢牢固定在木樁上。
Indra studied the byssus of a blue mussel to improve underwater glue.
Indra 研究了藍貽貝的足絲，希望改良水下黏合劑。
Nila cut the byssus with care before moving the shellfish to a new rock.
Nila 小心地剪斷足絲後，才將貝類移到另一塊岩石上。
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colloquial term for the byssus of a mussel, used mainly in cooking and seafood preparation
用法筆記
Subject is typically a bivalve mollusk such as a mussel, scallop, or oyster. Distinguished from sense 1 (ANCIENT FABRIC), which refers to a historical textile.