"limpet" in Chinese (Traditional)
帽貝難擺脫的人(比喻)
Definition
帽貝是一種小型海洋動物,殼體呈圓錐形,能緊緊附著在岩石上。這個詞也可用來指死纏爛打、不肯放手的人。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
直接意思用於動物學或沿海語境;比喻(指黏人的人)通常較口語,帶有貶義。如“像帽貝一樣緊貼”。
Examples
The limpet sticks tightly to the rock.
**帽貝**緊緊吸附在岩石上。
We found a limpet on the beach.
我們在海灘上發現了一隻**帽貝**。
A limpet shell is shaped like a cone.
**帽貝**的外殼呈錐形。
He clung to his mother like a limpet on the first day of school.
開學第一天,他像**帽貝**一樣黏著媽媽。
My little brother is a real limpet sometimes—he never lets go!
我弟弟有時候真像一個**帽貝**,總是不放手!
Trying to remove a limpet from a rock is almost impossible.
想把**帽貝**從岩石上取下來幾乎不可能。