Coma
['kəʊmə] or ['komə]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury.
(noun.) (astronomy) the luminous cloud of particles surrounding the frozen nucleus of a comet; forms as the comet approaches the sun and is warmed.
(noun.) (botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds).
校對:莱斯利--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A state of profound insensibility from which it is difficult or impossible to rouse a person. See Carus.
(n.) The envelope of a comet; a nebulous covering, which surrounds the nucleus or body of a comet.
(n.) A tuft or bunch, -- as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree; or a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant; or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.
錄入:米歇尔
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. (Med.) Lethargy, dozing, stupor, drowsiness (from disease).[2]. (Astron.) Envelope.[3]. (Bot.) Tuft, cluster, bunch, clump.
錄入:麦克唐纳
解釋/意思:
n. (bot.) a tuft or bunch of hairy-like appendages as on some seeds: the leafy branches forming the head of a tree: (astron.) the nebulous envelope surrounding the nucleus of a comet.
n. deep sleep: stupor.—adj. Com′atose affected with coma: drowsy.
錄入:沃尔特
例句/造句/用法:
- As soon as this volume began to circulate, Mr. Wopsle's great-aunt fell into a state of coma, arising either from sleep or a rheumatic paroxysm. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- By the dead hands at my throat but he shall die, Bar Comas. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Bar Comas had much the better of the battle as he was stronger, quicker and more intelligent. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- It soon seemed that the encounter was done saving only the final death thrust when Bar Comas slipped in breaking away from a clinch. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Bar Comas was stone dead, and only the most herculean efforts on the part of Dak Kova's females saved him from the fate he deserved. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- He will die as Bar Comas, your jeddak, sees fit, if at all, replied the young ruler, with emphasis and dignity. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
手打:托德