proboscis
/prə(ʊ)ˈbɒs(k)ɪs//proʊˈbɑs(k)ɪs/
- n.
- 长鼻子，喙
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 原始印欧语Proto-Indo-European约前 4500–前 2500 年
派生
- 英语English
proboscis
词源说明
From Latin proboscis, from Ancient Greek προβοσκίς (proboskís, “elephant's trunk”) literally "means for taking food," from προ- (pro-, “before”) + βόσκω (bóskō, “to nourish, feed”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷeh₃- from which also comes βοτάνη (botánē, “grass, fodder”).