oyster

英 ['??st?] 美['??st?]

近義詞white

CET6+TEM4TOEFLCET6低頻詞常用詞匯殼類動物

復數(shù):?oysters;

oyster 牡蠣

來自古法語oistre,來自拉丁語ostreum,牡蠣，來自PIE*ost,骨頭，詞源同ossify,osseous.

oyster: oyster: [14] The Greek word for ‘oyster’ was óstreon – etymologically an allusion to its shell. It came from a prehistoric Indo-European base *ost- denoting ‘bone’, which also produced Greek ostéon ‘bone’ (source of the English prefix osteo-), ostakós ‘crustacean’, and óstrakon ‘shell, piece of broken pottery’ (source of English ostracism). óstreon passed into Latin as ostrea, and from there came by way of Old French oistre into English as oyster.
=> osteo
oyster (n.): early 14c., from Old French oistre (Modern French hu?tre), from Latin ostrea, plural or fem. of ostreum "oyster," from Greek ostreon, from PIE *ost- "bone" (see osseous). Related to Greek ostrakon "hard shell" and to osteon "bone."
Why then the world's mine Oyster, which I, with sword will open. [Shakespeare, "The Merry Wives of Windsor," II.ii.2]

1. Fishermen fear valuable oyster and mussel beds could be decimated.: 漁民們害怕寶貴的牡蠣和貽貝層會被破壞。

2. Oyster beds, on the mudflats, are a form of fish farming.: 灘涂牡蠣養(yǎng)殖場是一種水產(chǎn)養(yǎng)殖方式。

5. You're young, you've got a lot of opportunity. The world is your oyster.: 你還年輕，機會有的是。世界是屬于你的。