mollusks

mollusks — 名詞

1. a type of animal with a soft body and no backbone, whose body is often protected

1.名詞B2
釋義

軟體動物

身體柔軟無脊椎、常帶殼的動物

a type of animal with a soft body and no backbone, whose body is often protected by a hard outer shell. Mollusks include snails, clams, octopuses, and slugs, and most live in water.

例句

Mark pointed to a clam and said that all mollusks have soft bodies without bones.

Mark 指著一個蛤蜊說，所有的軟體動物都有柔軟的身體，沒有骨頭。

that-clause for stating a general fact about a group

Ife found a pink-striped mollusk shell while walking on the beach.

Ife 在海灘上散步時撿到一個帶粉紅色條紋的軟體動物殼。

同義詞
  • shellfish

    refers specifically to edible mollusks with shells (clams, oysters, mussels) and some crustaceans; narrower and used in food contexts

  • invertebrate

    a much broader category that includes insects, worms, jellyfish, and all animals without a backbone, not just mollusks

反義詞
  • vertebrate

    animals that DO have a backbone — the opposite biological category

文法句型

mollusk + verb (plural agreement)

mollusk + shell / species / habitat

用法筆記

Frequently used in the plural form when referring to the group as a whole. The singular 'mollusk' is used for one individual animal.

常見錯誤

❌An octopus is a fish that lives in the ocean.
✅An octopus is a mollusk that lives in the ocean.
💡Octopuses are soft-bodied invertebrates, not fish; they belong to the mollusk group alongside squids and snails.
❌I ate mollusks for dinner.' (when meaning only clams or oysters)
✅I ate shellfish for dinner.
💡'Shellfish' is the food term; 'mollusks' is the biological group.