单词

cactus

读音

ˈkæktəs

美式

英式

词根

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释义

n. [园艺] 仙人掌 [ 复数 cactuses或cacti或cactus ]

例句

Researchers observed one bird impale a rodent on a cactus.

研究人员观察到，一只鸟把一个啮齿动物钉到了一棵仙人掌上。

The road winds for miles through parched earth, scrub and cactus.

那条路蜿蜒数英里，穿过干热的土地、灌木丛和仙人掌，。

Don't water the cactus every day.

仙人掌不要每天浇水。

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I'm going to give you some building blocksand they're nonrectilinear cactus building blocks,so it's totally legit."

the spines act as an insulating layer,keeping the cactus from cooling down too much.These functions are just as important, if not more,

and there's nowhere for its roots to go.So even here, the cactus survives using adaptationsthat long ago helped its ancestors survive the desert.

Inside, the ceremonies are already underway,and the shamans have drunk the sacred cactus drink.Many of them are Quexo’s friends from festivals over the years,

he walks to the nearby sacred mountain as the sun rises.There, he gathers ceremonial cactus and herbs like “horse tail,”“stonebreaker," and valerian, along with the mineral hematite.

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