conch
IPA/kɑːŋk/conch — 名詞
- conchsingular
- conchesplural
1. a warm-water sea animal with a soft body and a big curved shell, whose meat is e
海螺
可食用的熱帶大型海螺生物
a warm-water sea animal with a soft body and a big curved shell, whose meat is eaten in Caribbean and Pacific cooking.
Apinya served grilled conch with lime juice at her beach restaurant.
Apinya 在她的海邊餐廳供應淋上萊姆汁的烤海螺。
uncountable: conch as a food item
Local divers in the Bahamas search the reef for conches every morning.
巴哈馬當地的潛水員每天早上都會到珊瑚礁尋找海螺。
countable plural: conches (the animals)
Andrei chopped the fresh conch into small pieces for the seafood salad.
Andrei 把新鮮的海螺切成小塊，做成海鮮沙拉。
The tour guide warned the children not to touch live conches on the sand.
導遊提醒孩子們不要碰沙灘上活著的海螺。
用法筆記
Often appears as a food noun on menus (conch fritters, conch chowder); plural is usually 'conches'. Distinguish from sense 2 by context: a live animal in water, not an empty shell.
常見錯誤
2. the big, curling outer shell of this animal, which can be blown into to make a d
海螺殼；法螺
可吹響的大型螺旋形外殼
the big, curling outer shell of this animal, which can be blown into to make a deep horn-like sound, often used in religious ceremonies or as a signal across long distances.
At sunrise on Holi, Joaquín blew the conch three times from the temple roof.
灑紅節清晨，Joaquín 在寺廟屋頂上吹了三聲法螺。
blow the conch — typical verb for signalling or ceremony
A polished conch sat on the desk beside Ayana's collection of beach finds.
Ayana 收藏的海邊撿拾品旁邊放著一枚拋光過的海螺殼。
A fisherman blew a long note on the conch to call boats back to the harbour.
漁夫吹響一聲悠長的法螺，呼喚船隻回港。
Quinn pressed an ear against the conch and listened for the sound of the sea.
Quinn 把耳朵貼在海螺殼上，想聽聽裡面的海浪聲。
- conch shell
more explicit form; same referent
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1 by referring to the empty shell (often as a musical instrument, decorative object, or symbol of authority), not the living animal. Also commonly written 'conch shell' even when 'conch' alone would do.
3. the deep, curved bowl in the centre of the outer ear, shaped like a small spiral
耳甲
外耳中央深陷的螺旋狀凹槽
the deep, curved bowl in the centre of the outer ear, shaped like a small spiral shell; some people get this area pierced for body jewelry.
Shirin asked the piercer to put a small gold stud through her conch.
Shirin 請穿洞師在她的耳甲穿一顆小金釘。
conch piercing as body jewelry
The doctor pointed to the conch and explained why Eitan's hearing aid kept slipping out.
醫師指著耳甲解釋為什麼 Eitan 的助聽器一直滑出來。
A specialist in Tokyo studied how the conch directs sound waves into the ear canal.
東京一位專家研究耳甲如何把聲波導入耳道。
After the swim, Hiro felt itching deep in the conch of his right ear.
游完泳後，Hiro 覺得右耳的耳甲深處發癢。
- concha
the standard anatomical / medical term; 'conch' is the informal form
用法筆記
Anatomical term, more commonly written 'concha' in medical texts; 'conch' is the everyday form among piercers and body-jewelry shops. The word here is named after the shell shape in sense 2.