| 单词 | whelk |
| 释义 | whelk noun[C] uk/welk/us/welk/asoftseacreature,similarto asnail, thatlivesin a hardshell （海）蛾螺 Paul Kay/Oxford Scientific/GettyImages Sea creatures
Examplesofwhelkwhelk In the years that followed, the knowledge ofwhelk-dyeing processes on an industrial scale was completely lost. From theCambridge English Corpus It should also be noted that truewhelkdyeing could have been done with very few whelks, to reduce costs. From theCambridge English Corpus Nonetheless, the photochemical reaction undergone by thewhelkmucus has always occurred, and this suggests that such variations may have been slight. From theCambridge English Corpus The basic difficulty is that, on exposure to air and sunlight, thewhelkmucus turns into a purple pigment which is not soluble in water. From theCambridge English Corpus We played on that beach until we were tired, sailing boats, boiling whelks. From theCambridge English Corpus The simplest method ofwhelkdyeing was never forgotten amongst coastal peoples. From theCambridge English Corpus This adds to the surprise of readers when his immediately following choice of colour adjective forwhelkdye is encountered. From theCambridge English Corpus The smaller ones were entirely crushed, while, in the case of larger whelks, the shells were broken open, and the hypobranchial glands removed. From theCambridge English Corpus Snails that graze algal mats are also common on the surface, in addition to invertebrate predators such as crabs, shrimps and whelks. From theCambridge English Corpus The meaning of wyrmcorn would then indicate ' "worm" seed', again referring towhelkeggs and, obliquely, to their dye. From theCambridge English Corpus Whelkis, therefore, used quite loosely in this paper to indicate any species commonly referred to as whelks, tingles orwhelk-tingles. From theCambridge English Corpus Bede's use of purpureus is particularly interesting in view of his immediately following description ofwhelkdye. From theCambridge English Corpus Finally, there is a further possibility which would certainly leave no archaeological trace at all, except on textile fragments, and that is the obtaining of a dye fromwhelkeggs. From theCambridge English Corpus First of all, it should not be assumed that any evidence of a purple colour in an early context must be from whelks. From theCambridge English Corpus At that time we could gather whelks from the beaches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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