"a spider," 1869, from French arachnide (1806) or Modern Latin Arachnida, introduced as name for this class of arthropods 1815 by French biologist Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de Lamarck (1744-1829), from Greek arakhne (fem.) "spider; spider's web," which probably is cognate with Latin aranea "spider, spider's web" (borrowed in Old English as renge "spider"), from aracsna. The Latin word could be a Greek borrowing or both could be from a common root. An earlier noun form was arachnidian (1828).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. One of the most unexpected surprises was my encounter with a race of arachnid creatures.
最意想不到的發(fā)現(xiàn)之一是我與一族蜘蛛類生物的相遇。
來(lái)自辭典例句
2. I want that wall - crawling arachnid prosecuted!
我要起訴那個(gè)在墻上爬的八腳怪物!
來(lái)自電影對(duì)白
3. Lifting the tiny arachnid, he transported it over to the opposite side of the road.
舉起這種小動(dòng)物, 他把它放到了路的另一邊.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. The tiny arachnid, found in Australia, shows off a rainbow of colours to impress nearby females.