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单词 abalone
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Definition of abalone in English:

abalone

noun ˌabəˈləʊni
  • An edible mollusc of warm seas, with a shallow ear-shaped shell lined with mother-of-pearl and pierced with a line of respiratory holes.

    鲍鱼。亦称 ORMER,EAR SHELL

    Genus Haliotis, family Haliotidae, class Gastropoda

    Also called ormer, ear shell
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He found an abalone shell on the beach and uses that for his incense brazier.
    • There are less than a dozen white abalones in captivity.
    • It can be found feeding on crabs, shrimps, clams, scallops, abalone and small fish.
    • In abalone, a second major acrosomal protein also evolves extremely rapidly.
    • Brains of limpets and abalones are much simpler than brains of garden snails and slugs in histological differentiation.
    • Otters mostly feed on invertebrates such as urchins, squid, octopus, crabs, abalone and other mollusks.
    • She set up a trading company, selling Australian lobsters, abalone and king crabs all over the world.
    • It includes butterflies and dragonflies made of mother-of-pearl, abalone and malachite inlays.
    • Laurea reached out and her fingers brushed the smooth outline of the abalone shell on her father's chest.
    • Because of this microstructure, the abalone shell can absorb a great deal of energy without failing.
    • Remove abalone from shells and use scissors to trim the dark apron around each piece.
    • However, the farms were started up only recently, and it takes about seven years for the abalone to reach a size where they may be harvested.
    • The types of seafood they eat include mussels, scallops, clams, crabs, lobsters, abalone, and sea urchins.
    • For an appetizer, try the shredded abalone with apple and jellyfish.
    • An abalone farmer needs to know at what ammonia concentrations the abalone will die.
    • ‘An abalone can withstand assaults from a hungry sea otter pounding on its shell with a rock,’ he says.
    • The abalone shell is twice as tough as our high-tech ceramics.
    • Local marine reserves offer tide pools full of starfish, crabs, mussels, abalone, and sea anemones.
    • They feed on small bony fishes, snails, worms, shrimps, clams, abalone, and crabs.
    • The cautious abalone have to be taught to eat it but soon catch on.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from American Spanish abalón, from Rumsen (a North American Indian language of northern California) awlun.

Rhymes

Albinoni, Annigoni, Antonioni, baloney, Bodoni, boloney, bony, calzone, cannelloni, canzone, cicerone, coney, conversazione, coronae, crony, Gaborone, Giorgione, macaroni, Manzoni, Marconi, mascarpone, minestrone, Moroni, Mulroney, padrone, panettoni, pepperoni, phoney, polony, pony, rigatoni, Shoshone, Sloaney, stony, Toni, tony, zabaglione

Definition of abalone in US English:

abalone

noun
  • An edible mollusk of warm seas, with a shallow ear-shaped shell lined with mother-of-pearl and pierced with a line of respiratory holes.

    鲍鱼。亦称 ORMER,EAR SHELL

    Genus Haliotis, family Haliotidae, class Gastropoda

    Also called ear shell
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Otters mostly feed on invertebrates such as urchins, squid, octopus, crabs, abalone and other mollusks.
    • An abalone farmer needs to know at what ammonia concentrations the abalone will die.
    • It can be found feeding on crabs, shrimps, clams, scallops, abalone and small fish.
    • Remove abalone from shells and use scissors to trim the dark apron around each piece.
    • Local marine reserves offer tide pools full of starfish, crabs, mussels, abalone, and sea anemones.
    • Because of this microstructure, the abalone shell can absorb a great deal of energy without failing.
    • ‘An abalone can withstand assaults from a hungry sea otter pounding on its shell with a rock,’ he says.
    • Laurea reached out and her fingers brushed the smooth outline of the abalone shell on her father's chest.
    • He found an abalone shell on the beach and uses that for his incense brazier.
    • In abalone, a second major acrosomal protein also evolves extremely rapidly.
    • She set up a trading company, selling Australian lobsters, abalone and king crabs all over the world.
    • The cautious abalone have to be taught to eat it but soon catch on.
    • They feed on small bony fishes, snails, worms, shrimps, clams, abalone, and crabs.
    • The abalone shell is twice as tough as our high-tech ceramics.
    • For an appetizer, try the shredded abalone with apple and jellyfish.
    • There are less than a dozen white abalones in captivity.
    • However, the farms were started up only recently, and it takes about seven years for the abalone to reach a size where they may be harvested.
    • The types of seafood they eat include mussels, scallops, clams, crabs, lobsters, abalone, and sea urchins.
    • Brains of limpets and abalones are much simpler than brains of garden snails and slugs in histological differentiation.
    • It includes butterflies and dragonflies made of mother-of-pearl, abalone and malachite inlays.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from American Spanish abalón, from Rumsen (a North American Indian language of northern California) awlun.

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