mantis
mantis 英 ['mæntɪs] 美 ['mæntɪs]
n. [昆] 螳螂
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- n. [昆] 螳螂
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1. He grapples with the manticore, keeping its mantis forelimbs from locking onto him.
夸里奇与这个蝎尾怪兽扭打着，不让它螳螂般的前肢夹住他。
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2. Chinese mantis eyes have "pseudo pupils" that seem to follow you around, but the eyes do not really move.
中国螳螂的眼睛有“ 假冒的瞳孔”，好像一直盯著你看，但其实它们的眼睛并没有动。
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3. A lightning-fast predator, the mantis shrimp uses its powerful limbs to smash or spear its prey with a force equivalent to a .22 bullet.
作为一种动作神速的掠食者，螳螂虾用它那强有力的肢体打碎猎物，或是用等同于 .22 子弹的力道刺穿猎物。
- mantis (n.) 1650s, "type of insect that holds its forelegs in a praying position" (especially the praying mantis, Mantis religiosa), Modern Latin, from Greek mantis, literally "one who divines, a seer, prophet," from mainesthai "be inspired," related to menos "passion, spirit," from PIE *mnyo-, suffixed form of root *men- (1) "to think," with derivatives referring to qualities and states of mind or thought. (compare mania and -mancy). The insect so called for its way of holding the forelimbs as if in prayer. Also used in Greek for some sort of grasshopper (Theocritus).
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