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footstalk

/foot-stawk/US // ˈfʊtˌstɔk //UK // (ˈfʊtˌstɔːk) //

脚步声,脚柄,脚踏实地,脚踏车

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Botany, Zoology.

    • : a pedicel; peduncle.

Examples

  • These they strung upon a thread, taking care to pass the thread through that end nearest the footstalk.

  • Another species of this family (Polistes gallica, Fig. 348) fixes its little nest by a footstalk to the stem of some plant.

  • The eyes, the facettes of which are few in number, are placed on a footstalk, whence the name of the genus Stylops.

  • The abdomen is small, sharply pointed, and placed on a long footstalk.

  • The head is large, and squared, and the abdomen is attached to the thorax by a large footstalk.