单词 | octopus-like |
释义 | > as lemmasˈoctopus-like ˈoctopus-like adj. ΚΠ 1879 Littell's Living Age 11 Oct. 69/1 What more likely, therefore, than that, octopus-like, she [sc. Russia] should continue to stretch out her huge tentacles further and further. 1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. i. 9 A strange-looking octopus-like creature. 1990 New Scientist 8 Sept. 47/1 One answer is the compatibiliser. This is an octopus-like molecule in which each ‘arm’ represents a section of a different polymer, that in turn is characteristic of a different plastic. < as lemmas |
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