| 单词 | byssus |
| 例句 | Pull out the tough fibrous beards or “byssus” protruding from between the tightly closed shells. 20 best autumn recipes: part 2 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z The byssus is not unsafe for diners, but it is unattractive. Mussels are simple to prepare, and add tasty drama to the table 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z The hat weighs a mere 83 grams, but, according to Felicitas Maeder, a scholar at Basel’s Natural History Museum, it may be made of the byssus of 80 mollusks. Sea silk: the world's most exclusive textile is being auctioned this week 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z "The byssus is the soul of the sea… it is sacred." Chiara Vigo: The last woman who makes sea silk - BBC News 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z The surprising lab discovery was that mussel byssus weakened by 40 percent when exposed to a pH of 7.5. Mussels Lose Footing in More Acidic Ocean 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Highly prolific, they attach themselves to boats or any hard surface with their byssus, or beard. Science Takes on a Silent Invader 2014-02-24T23:43:50Z To remove the byssus, grasp it with your thumb and forefinger or between your thumb and the blade of a paring knife and give a sharp tug toward the hinged end of the shell. Mussels are simple to prepare, and add tasty drama to the table 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z The Pinn� are rather numerous, although many of the species remain in obscurity; they attach themselves to rocks, deep in the sea, by a silky byssus. Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-20T02:00:06.887Z Her pearl-embroidered shoes lay at the foot of the couch, and her beautiful bare foot, purer and whiter than marble, extended from beneath the light covering of byssus which had been thrown over her. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z Besides this, they had to pay a money-tax and a certain amount of byssus cloth. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z This was the vegetable wool of the ancients, which many learned authorities have identified with the byssus, in bandages of cloth made from which the old Egyptians wrapped their mummies. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z Then comes the slightly tedious task, which is pulling off the byssus, or beard, a small length of what looks like black threads twisted together. Mussels are simple to prepare, and add tasty drama to the table 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z The sky is softly blue, like dark byssus; the water ripples like blue silk; and the moon is like a great, overripe fruit which bursts in the sky and whose juice trickles over the Nile. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Her trousers of byssus, which the Phœnicians called syndon, were confined at the ankles by anklets adorned with gold and silver bells, and completed this toilet, so fantastically rich and wholly opposed to Greek taste. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z The district was famous in antiquity for its cattle and horses; and its byssus, supposed to have been introduced by the Phoenicians, was inferior only to that of Palestine. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z It is of a rich olive green or yellowish brown colour—a hint for æsthetic fashions—and is glossy, like the byssus of certain shells, but very brittle to handle. Asbestos Its production and use, with some account of the asbestos mines of Canada 2011-02-01T03:00:13.163Z Clean your mussels just before you are ready to cook, because once you yank off that byssus, the mussel may die, and you want to cook them while they are alive. Mussels are simple to prepare, and add tasty drama to the table 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z The mummy lay on a mattress of striped byssus, the head on a byssus pillow. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z It is found attached to the rocks by a byssus, or beard. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them The foot has a byssus gland on its posterior surface. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" Then he nodded, and Mary turned and gathered the jewels from the cloth of byssus where they lay. Mary Magdalen The Jewish high priests wore a linen garment of the purest byssus—which was a symbol of firmness, incorruption, and of the clearest splendour, for fine linen is very difficult to tear. Needlework As Art Gloves made of the byssus of recent Pinnæ may be seen in the British Museum. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland The silky filaments or byssus by which some testacea adhere to rocks. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The table-cloth of byssus, striated like the fillets of sphinxes, seems to unfold itself in luminous undulations. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul On rubbing them I found the red colour external and distinct from the stone; in fact, it was a red byssus. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Yates has carefully argued the whole question, and, we think, has proved that byssus was flax, and not cotton. Needlework As Art Her trousers of byssus, which the Phoenicians called syndon were confined at the ankles by anklets adorned with gold and silver bells, and completed this toilet so fantastically rich and wholly opposed to Greek taste. King Candaules The silken byssus of the great pinna, or wing-shell, is woven into dresses. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. From her shoulders fell a long full robe of purple byssus, over an underdress of white which readied the knee. Idolatry A Romance And for my personal use they sent to me five pieces of byssus, each sufficiently large to make a suit of raiment, a sack of lentils, and five vessels full of dried fish. The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians And to meet them he put on bright and gorgeous garments, that glittered with yellow gold—and—scarlet byssus. Famous Modern Ghost Stories They are evidently of the nature of a byssus. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 I returned to my room, clothed myself warmly—sea boots, an otterskin cap, a great coat of byssus, lined with sealskin; I was ready, I was waiting. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea It is the byssus or cable of the animal. Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 Once I had to flee naked from my country, and now I am the possessor of splendid raiment, and of apparel made of the finest byssus. The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians Hoping to see you open the little Taj, I crawled behind the sarcophagus that holds my two mummies, crouched close to the floor, and peeped at you across the gilded byssus that covered them. St. Elmo A large crown of gold on his head, apparelled in byssus and purple, and surrounded by his valiant men, Joseph was seated upon his throne in his palace. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 2 He did not carry away more than ten at each plunge, for he was obliged to pull them from the bank to which they adhered by means of their strong byssus. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea But if a woman bore a girl, she was to be arrayed in byssus, silk, and embroidered garments, and led forth from the house of detention amid great honors. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 A candelabrum completely covered with chiselled flowers was burning at the far end, and each of its eight golden branches bore a wick of byssus in a diamond chalice. Salammbo Joseph ordered his father's body to be placed upon a couch of ivory, covered with gold, studded with gems, and hung with drapery of byssus and purple. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 2 The procession that accompanied him was composed of countless men, arrayed in byssus and purple, and marching to the sound of all sorts of musical instruments. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 2 He sat bare-headed beneath a parasol of byssus which was carried by a Negro behind him. Salammbo |
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