| 释义 |
medusa/miˈdju:zə, -sə/n. (pl. medusae /-zi:, -si:/ or medusas) 1 a jellyfish 海蛰 2 Zool. a free-swimming sexual form of any coelenterate, having tentacles round the edge of a usu. umbrella-shaped jelly-like body, e.g. a jellyfish 【动】(通常伞状)水母体(如海蜇) □ medusan adj.[Latin from Greek Medousa, the name of a gorgon with snakes instead of hair] |