单词 | honeycomb sponge |
释义 | > as lemmashoneycomb sponge honeycomb sponge n. any of various marine sponges (in either their natural or dried state) which have some resemblance to honeycomb. ΚΠ 1759 Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 590 Spongia Americana favo similis; The honey-comb sponge of Plumier. 1874 R. Bentley & T. Redwood Pereira's Materia Medica (new ed.) 1015 Turkey Sponge,..the common variety is called honeycomb sponge. 1916 H. B. Gardner Man. Surg. Anat. (ed. 2) x. 122 A honeycomb sponge the size of an orange (which has been freshly squeezed out from warm water). 1994 Daily News (Galveston, Texas) 28 July a10/4–5 If you purchase either of the two Biolage body washes, you get a European honeycomb sponge at half-price. 2009 P. Murphy John Revelator ii. 29 A good honeycomb sponge bath would sort you out. < as lemmas |
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