单词 | pheromone |
释义 | pheromone (once / 74806 pages) n WORD FAMILY pheromone: pheromones USAGE EXAMPLESWhen hurt, they emit a pheromone that, like a battlefield radio, calls in nearby reinforcements. Seattle Times(Dec 08, 2016) All the elevators, scotch and pheromones naturally bring to mind a certain other Manhattan office in the 1960s. New York Times(Oct 27, 2016) Adult females release airborne pheromones that attract males, but immature females don’t seem to. National Geographic(Sep 20, 2016) n a chemical substance secreted externally by some animals (especially insects) that influences the physiology or behavior of other animals of the same species Hyper secretion a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell |
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