arachnid

• n. 蛛形綱動物
• adj. 蛛形綱動物的

來自神話故事。希臘神話中少女Arachne 善於織網，自信心膨脹，因挑戰雅典娜落敗，被變成蜘蛛。

arachnid (n.)

"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).

1. One of the most unexpected surprises was my encounter with a race of arachnid creatures.

最意想不到的發現之一是我與一族蜘蛛類生物的相遇。

來自辭典例句

2. I want that wall - crawling arachnid prosecuted!

我要起訴那個在牆上爬的八腳怪物!

來自電影對白

3. Lifting the tiny arachnid, he transported it over to the opposite side of the road.

舉起這種小動物, 他把它放到了路的另一邊.

來自互聯網

4. The tiny arachnid, found in Australia, shows off a rainbow of colours to impress nearby females.

這隻在澳大利亞的小蜘蛛, 向附近的雌性炫耀其華麗的色彩.

來自互聯網