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manta

/man-tuh; Spanish mahn-tah/US // ˈmæn tə; Spanish ˈmɑn tɑ //UK // (ˈmæntə, Spanish ˈmanta) //

曼塔,马塔,蝠鲼

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural man·tas [man-tuhz; Spanish mahn-tahs]. /ˈmæn təz; Spanish ˈmɑn tɑs/.

    • : a cloak or wrap.
    • : a type of blanket or cloth used on a horse or mule.
    • : Military. a movable shelter formerly used to protect besiegers, as when attacking a fortress.
    • : Also called man·ta ray [man-tuh-rey], /ˈmæn tə ˌreɪ/, dev·il ray [dev-uhl rey]: /ˈdɛv əl ˌreɪ/: devilfish. Ichthyology. any of several tropical rays of the small family Mobulidae, especially of the genus Manta, measuring from 2 to 24 feet across, including the pectoral fins.

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Examples

  • Thirty million years before manta rays began gracefully gliding through ocean waters, a shark with fantastically elongated fins gave such underwater flight a go, researchers report in the March 19 Science.

  • Halfway through the game, I was fighting an enormous manta ray sort of thing while on my way to Hell.

  • For everyone else, the recently unveiled Manta Underwater Room in Zanzibar sounds like a dream come true.

  • When both sides have been heard, the old men put their heads together under a cloak or manta, and agree upon their judgment.

  • Then he pointed to the beautifully worked manta, “Did she squander wealth of hers on that?”

  • Miss Dolores had consented to wear a manta de Manila or soft shawl wound gracefully around her, and in her hair a red clavel.

  • It is not likely, however, that the manta devours anything larger than the pearl-oyster itself.

  • He disguised himself as an antelope, by means of a cloak of cotton cloth (manta) painted to resemble the colouring of the animal.