limpet

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lim·pet /ˈlɪmpɪt/ noun [countable]  HBa small sea animal with a shell, which holds tightly onto the rock where it lives 帽贝

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limpet• Nails stuck on Firelight like a limpet.• Flora clung to her, like a limpet.• The company were crammed into the kitchen like a limpet in its shell.• Impressions gleaned in childhood and rein forced in adolescence cling like limpets into adulthood despite valiant efforts to shake them off.• Small businesses and lock-up garages cling to these spaces like limpets in a cave.• Police found and defused a number of limpet mines.• The limpets are a diverse group, too.• Those limpets are sharp, you're right.Origin limpet (1000-1100) Medieval Latin lampreda “limpet, lamprey”

lim·pet nounChineseSyllable  

sea small holds shell, animal onto which with a a Corpus tightly

limpet
lim‧pet /ˈlɪmpət, ˈlɪmpɪt/ noun [countable]a small sea animal with a shell, which holds tightly onto the rock where it lives

lim·petBrE /ˈlɪmpɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlɪmpɪt/ 🔊 nouna small shellfish that sticks very tightly to rocks 帽贝，钥孔䗩（依附在岩石上）◆The Prime Minister clung to his job like a limpet, despite calls for him to resign. 首相不顾众人要求他辞职的呼声，死赖着不下台。🔊🔊