1610s, from Latin cuticula, diminutive of cutis "skin," from PIE *ku-ti-, from root *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (cognates: Lithuanian kiautas "husk," Old English hyd "skin, hide;" see hide (n.1)). Specialized sense of "skin at the base of the nail" is from 1907. Related: Cuticular.
雙語例句
1. The reform has hardly made a scratch upon the cuticle of affairs.
改革幾乎還沒有觸到事物的表皮.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. The old cuticle is digested by molting fluid.
舊表皮被蛻皮液消化.
來自辭典例句
3. The'shell " is composed of three structures: the membranes, the mineralized part and the cuticle.
蛋殼 由3種結構組成: 膜, 礦物質化部分和殼膠膜.
來自辭典例句
4. The outer tangential wall of both surfaces had cuticle.
上下表皮外切向壁上均有角質膜.
來自互聯網
5. The oil painting under his brush then becomes a layer of cuticle.