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limpet

n.帽贝,坚守岗位的职员

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limpet为短语/超纲词汇

limpet


/'lɪmpɪt; `lɪmpɪt/
n small shellfish that sticks tightly to rocks 帽贝
*cling, hold on, etc (to sb/sth) like a limpet, ie very tenaciously 紧紧依附、缠住(某人[某事物])不放.

limpet


n[C]
[Date: 1000-1100; Language: Medieval Latin;Origin: lampreda 'limpet, lamprey']
a small sea animal with a shell, which holds tightly onto the rock where it lives