Cere

[siә]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the fleshy, waxy covering at the base of the upper beak of some birds.

(verb.) wrap up in a cerecloth; 'cere a corpse'.

校對:米里亚姆--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The soft naked sheath at the base of the beak of birds of prey, parrots, and some other birds. See Beak.

(v. t.) To wax; to cover or close with wax.

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同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. Wax, smear with wax.

塞德里克錄入

解釋/意思:

v.t. to cover with wax.—n. the bare waxlike patch at the base of the upper part of the beak in birds.—adj. Cerā′ceous of or like wax.—ns. Cerā′go a wax-like substance (bee-bread) used by bees as food; Cere′cloth Cere′ment a cloth dipped in melted wax in which to wrap a dead body: a winding-sheet or grave-clothes generally.—adjs. Cē′reous waxy; Cē′ric.—ns. Cē′rin Cē′rine the portion of wax which dissolves in boiling alcohol: a waxy substance obtained by boiling grated cork in alcohol; Cē′rograph a writing on wax: an encaustic painting.—adjs. Cerograph′ic -al.—ns. Cerog′raphist; Cerog′raphy the art of writing or engraving on wax.—adj. Ceroplas′tic modelled or moulded in wax.—n. the art of modelling in wax.—n. Cer′osine a wax-like substance produced on the surface of certain species of sugar-cane.

校對:玛拉