"nautilus" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 鸚鵡螺

Definition

鸚鵡螺是一種具有螺旋形殼的海洋動物，與烏賊和章魚是近親。牠的殼呈分隔螺旋狀，常見為白色和棕色相間。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

「鸚鵡螺」大多用於科學或生物學語境，有時也可比喻螺旋形之美，常見於文學、藝術或船名。

Examples

The nautilus lives deep in the ocean.

**鸚鵡螺**生活在深海中。

A nautilus has a beautiful spiral shell.

**鸚鵡螺**有一個漂亮的螺旋殼。

We saw a picture of a nautilus in our science book.

我們在科學書上看到一張**鸚鵡螺**的圖片。

Have you ever seen a real nautilus up close at an aquarium?

你在水族館近距離看過真正的**鸚鵡螺**嗎？

Many artists are inspired by the shape of the nautilus shell.

許多藝術家都受到**鸚鵡螺**殼形狀的啟發。

Jules Verne named Captain Nemo’s submarine the Nautilus in his famous novel.

凡爾納在著名小說中把尼莫船長的潛艇命名為**鸚鵡螺號**。