| 释义 |
Definition of byssus in English: byssusnounPlural byssuses, Plural byssi ˈbɪsəsˈbɪsəs 1historical mass noun A fine textile fibre and fabric of flax. 〈史〉黄麻纤维；黄麻织物 Example sentencesExamples - Exactly how these proteins link together to give the material, called byssus, its strength has remained unclear.
- If we understand it of thread, it may refer to the byssus or fine flax for which Egypt was famous; but I do not see on what authority we translate it linen thread.
- Linen fabrics (Byssus) were as marketable in China as were silk fabrics in the west.
- The word denotes Egyptian linen of peculiar whiteness and fineness (byssus).
2Zoology
A tuft of tough silky filaments by which mussels and some other bivalves adhere to rocks and other objects. 〔动〕足丝；丝足 as modifier byssus threads Example sentencesExamples - The individual cages allowed the transfer of mussels to respirometry chambers without severing their byssus.
- By the time the shells are mature, they have lost the byssus anchor and are found loose on the ocean floor.
- The primary source of this variation is not the number of threads present in the byssus, but rather, their thickness.
- The strength of the entire byssus is expected to be proportional to the number of threads times the average strength of each thread.
- Before serving them to the knots, we put the mussels through a mesh to break the byssus threads that held them together and to sort them by size.
Synonyms clump, bunch, knot, cluster, tussock, tuffet
Derivativesadjective It may have facilitated strong byssal attachment in turbulent shallow-water environments. Example sentencesExamples - Mussels in the top layers have difficulty accessing primary substrate and must instead attach byssal threads to neighboring shells.
- As the right valve of the species, and accordingly the structure of its byssal area is unknown, its generic affiliation remains uncertain.
- The mechanical behavior of byssal threads is therefore complex, and it can be somewhat perplexing as to what function many of these unusual properties serve.
- The chemistry involved and significance, if any, to cross-linking in byssal adhesive plaques remain unknown.
OriginLate Middle English: from Latin, from Greek bussos, of Semitic origin. Definition of byssus in US English: byssusnounˈbisəsˈbɪsəs 1historical A fine textile fiber and fabric of flax. 〈史〉黄麻纤维；黄麻织物 Example sentencesExamples - Linen fabrics (Byssus) were as marketable in China as were silk fabrics in the west.
- Exactly how these proteins link together to give the material, called byssus, its strength has remained unclear.
- If we understand it of thread, it may refer to the byssus or fine flax for which Egypt was famous; but I do not see on what authority we translate it linen thread.
- The word denotes Egyptian linen of peculiar whiteness and fineness (byssus).
2Zoology
A tuft of tough silky filaments by which mussels and some other bivalves adhere to rocks and other objects. 〔动〕足丝；丝足 as modifier byssus threads Example sentencesExamples - The individual cages allowed the transfer of mussels to respirometry chambers without severing their byssus.
- The strength of the entire byssus is expected to be proportional to the number of threads times the average strength of each thread.
- By the time the shells are mature, they have lost the byssus anchor and are found loose on the ocean floor.
- Before serving them to the knots, we put the mussels through a mesh to break the byssus threads that held them together and to sort them by size.
- The primary source of this variation is not the number of threads present in the byssus, but rather, their thickness.
Synonyms clump, bunch, knot, cluster, tussock, tuffet
OriginLate Middle English: from Latin, from Greek bussos, of Semitic origin. |