carapace
	英 ['kærəpeɪs]
美 ['kærəpes]
	    
		助记提示
	
	1. car + apace => carapace.
2. 像飞速行驶的汽车的壳体一样的外壳、甲壳,用于起保护作用。
		中文词源
	
	
		英文词源
	
	- carapace (n.)
 - 1836, from French carapace "tortoise shell" (18c.), from Spanish carapacho or Portuguese carapaça, which is of uncertain origin, perhaps somehow from Latin capa (see cape (n.1)).
 
 
		双语例句
	
	- 1. The arrogance became his protective carapace. 
  - 这种傲慢态度成了他的保护壳。
  来自柯林斯例句
 
- 2. He tickled gently at its glossy carapace,but the stubborn beetle would not budge. 
  - 他轻轻地搔着甲虫光滑的壳,但这只固执的甲虫就是不动。
  来自辞典例句
 
- 3. The tortoise pulled its head into his carapace. 
  - 乌龟把头缩进它的壳里。
  来自辞典例句
 
- 4. Main compositions Sour orange , tuckahoe, carapace element, fat - removing saponin etc. 
  - 主要成份:代代花, 茯苓, 甲壳素, 清脂皂素等.
  来自互联网
 
- 5. He said and pulled his head into his carapace. 
  - 说着,乌龟边把头缩进它的壳子里了.
  来自互联网