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cui·rass AHD[kwĭ-răsʹ] D.J.[kwɪˈræs]K.K.[kwɪˈræs]n.(名词)- A piece of armor for protecting the breast and back.上半身铠甲:用来保护胸部和背部的那块铠甲
- The breastplate alone.胸甲
- A defense or protection:防卫,保护:"A carefully primped irony, that cuirass of art in the early Eighties, is necessary—a distance so affected as to constitute a hopeless impediment to feeling"(Robert Hughes)"18世纪早期艺术的保护物——细心整饰的反语,是必需的——这一距离是如此的不自然以致于造成了对感觉的彻底失望的阻碍”(罗伯特·休斯)
- Zoology A protective covering of bony plates or scales.【动物学】 护身甲壳:保护骨盘或介壳的覆盖层
v.tr.(及物动词)cui.rassed, cui.rass.ing, cui.rass.es - To protect with a cuirass.用护胸甲保护
- Middle English curas 中古英语 curas
- from Old French cuirace 源自 古法语 cuirace
- probably alteration influenced by Old French cuir [leather] 可能为 受 古法语 cuir的影响 [皮革]
- of Old Provençal coirassa 古普罗旺斯语 coirassa的变化
- from Late Latin coriācea (vestis) [leather (garment)] [feminine of] coriāceus 源自 后期拉丁语 coriācea (vestis) [皮革(衣服)] coriāceus的阴性词
- from Latin corium [hide] * see sker- 1源自 拉丁语 corium [隐藏] * 参见 sker- 1
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