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pod

/pod/US // pɒd //UK // (pɒd) //

豆荚,舱,荚果,平台

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : a somewhat elongated, two-valved seed vessel, as that of the pea or bean.
    • : a dehiscent fruit or pericarp having several seeds.
    • : Entomology. an insect egg case.a compact mass of insect eggs.
    • : a streamlined enclosure, housing, or detachable container of some kind: an engine pod under the wing of an aircraft.
    • : a protective compartment, as for an automobile's instrument gauges.
    • : bubble: I've agreed with some friends to become part of their pandemic pod.
    • : Mining. an orebody that has an elongated or lenticular shape.
    • : Radio and Television Slang. a cluster of brief commercials or spot announcements.
v.无主动词 verb
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    pod·ded, pod·ding.

    • : to produce pods.
    • : to swell out like a pod.

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Examples

  • Weganool fabric made with calotropis pod fibers, which are viewable on the left.

  • They usually travel in pods, too, so it’s especially odd this beluga was spotted alone.

  • I asked him if the rise of the learning pod will make existing disparities worse.

  • These pods will still be made up of public school students, who are getting some level of online instruction from public school teachers.

  • Sitting at the bow of a boat, they sniff the air blown toward them from a pod of orcas.

  • The Navy and Marine Corps versions of the F-35 have differing configurations and rely on an external gun pod.

  • But at Cheshire, prisoners rarely, if ever, leave their pod.

  • The faction leaders each take a colony pod and set out to form their own society on the new planet.

  • When he first tries the pods for himself, he fails to realize that a fly has made its way into the other pod.

  • Top adviser Eric Fehrnstrom told MSNBC that Santorum and Gingrich are “two peas in a pod—longtime Washington legislators.”

  • It bears a pod similar to that of the locust, to which it is related, containing eight to twelve beans.

  • Instantly it split, showing the gummed red seeds clinging to the inner walls of the sensitive pod.

  • The bark is light in colour; and the capsule pod contains a large quantity of down, of a brown tint, and exquisite silky softness.

  • It is very long--nearly twice as long as this page and looks much more like a stem than a seed-pod.

  • She and her kitten were as much alike as two peas in a pod—jet-black, and with beautiful yellow-green eyes.