Cirrus

['sɪrəs]

解释:

(noun.) a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile.

(noun.) a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles).

(noun.) usually coiled.

卡洛整理--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A tendril or clasper.

(n.) A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many Mollusca, and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near the head of annelids are Tentacular cirri; those of the last segment are caudal cirri.

(n.) The jointed, leglike organs of Cirripedia. See Annelida, and Polychaeta.

(n.) The external male organ of trematodes and some other worms, and of certain Mollusca.

(n.) See under Cloud.

贝丝录入

同义词及近义词：

n. [pl. Cirri.] [1]. (Bot.) Tendril, filament.[2]. (Zoöl.) Filamentary appendage.[3]. (Meteor.) Curl cloud, cat's tail, mare's tail.

录入:内德

解释:

n. the highest form of clouds consisting of curling fibres: (bot.) a tendril: (zool.) any curled filament:—pl. Cirri (sir′ī).—adjs. Cirr′ate Cirr′iform like a cirrus; Cirr′igrade moving by cirri.—n. Cirr′o-cū′mulus a fleecy cloud intermediate between the cirrus and cumulus.—adj. Cirr′ose with tendrils.—n. Cirr′o-strā′tus a mottled-looking cloud intermediate between the cirrus and stratus.—adj. Cirr′ous having a cirrus.

整理:梅纳德