| 单词 | spiculum |
| 例句 | I pray you note that for many a day his carpet hath been the spicula of pine, and his atmosphere hath been perfumed by the fir-tree. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z The failures they experienced, even their humble successes, were met with sneers and laughter; till at last Hermose held up aloft a little spicula of gold about the thickness of a pencil. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas The whole surface is uniformly covered with short compressed calcareous spicula embedded in the cuticle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" The last fact, trivial as it appears, assumes immense importance when we learn that to these spicula we must turn for an explanation of the isolated masses of flint which abound in various chalk formations. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. We can, for example, converge a powerful luminous beam upon a surface covered with hoar frost, without melting a single spicula of the crystals. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Nature 'publishes itself in creatures, reaching from particles and spicula, through transformation on transformation to the highest symmetries. Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 1, Essay 5, Emerson It publishes itself in creatures, reaching from particles and spicula, through transformation on transformation to the highest symmetries, arriving at consummate results without a shock or a leap. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson Introducing the alum-cell, and placing the coating of hoar-frost at the intensely luminous focus of the electric lamp, not a spicula of the dazzling frost is melted. Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 As the flakes fall down through the atmosphere, they are joined by more of these radiated spicula, and thus increase in bulk like the drops of rain or hail-stones. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 358, February 28, 1829 When nearly on the crest of the Portillo, we were enveloped in a falling cloud of minute frozen spicula. The Voyage of the Beagle In the eagerness with which these bones are crushed, spicula or large pieces of them become wedged between the molar teeth, and form an inseparable obstacle to the closing of the teeth. The Dog The silicious particles which constitute this mud, are derived, in part, from the diatomaceous plants and radiolarian animals which throng the surface, and, in part, from the spicula of sponges which live at the bottom. Discourses Biological and Geological Essays His varied and solid knowledge makes his style lustrous with points and shooting spicula of thought, and resembling one of those winter mornings when the air sparkles with crystals. Representative Men These spicula are of the same diameter throughout their length; they are easily detached, so that the object-glass of the microscope soon becomes scattered over with them. Volcanic Islands A little above this, where the lime is less abundant, and the lava more compact, numerous little balls, composed of spicula of calcareous spar, radiating from common centres, occupy the interstices. Volcanic Islands In some cases I have found spicula projecting from the inner plate of the skull, and pressing upon or even penetrating the dura mater. The Dog Some of the fibres are thickly covered with extremely minute spicula, occasionally aggregated into little tuffs; and hence they have a hairy appearance. Volcanic Islands |
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