cuticle

cuticle

英 ['kjuːtɪk(ə)l]
　　美 ['kjʊtɪkl]

n. 角質層；表皮；護膜

中文詞源：

cuticle 趾甲跟部的甲小皮

來自PIE*skeu, 遮蓋，保護，詞源同hide, house, custody.

例句：

1. The reform has hardly made a scratch upon the cuticle of affairs.
改革幾乎還沒有觸到事物的表皮.

2. The old cuticle is digested by molting fluid.
舊表皮被蛻皮液消化.

3. The'shell " is composed of three structures: the membranes, the mineralized part and the cuticle.
蛋殼 由3種結構組成: 膜, 礦物質化部分和殼膠膜.

4. The outer tangential wall of both surfaces had cuticle.
上下表皮外切向壁上均有角質膜.

5. The oil painting under his brush then becomes a layer of cuticle.
油畫,在這裡成為一層表皮.