conch
/ˈkɒŋk//ˈkɑŋk/
- n.
- 海螺壳
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- qsb-grc
借入
- 英语English
conch
词源说明
Borrowed from Latin concha, borrowed from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē, “a mussel or cockle; a shell-like cavity”). Doublet of concha.
释义
名词noun
- 1A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
- 2The shell of this sea animal.
- 3A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.
- 4(architecture) The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.
- 5