echinus meaning in English
n.
(pl. -ni )
1.【动物；动物学】刺海胆。
2.【建筑】拇指圆饰。
Examples
- He allowed these "enucleated" eggs to be fertilized by sperm from sea urchins of the genus echinus .
他让这些“无核”的卵跟海胆属的海胆的精子受精。 - Then they began to pass around the dusky , piquant , arlesian sausages , and lobsters in their dazzling red cuirasses , prawns of large size and brilliant color , the echinus with its prickly outside and dainty morsel within , the clovis , esteemed by the epicures of the south as more than rivalling the exquisite flavor of the oyster , - all the delicacies , in fact , that are cast up by the wash of waters on the sandy beach , and styled by the grateful fishermen " fruits of the sea .
现在便开始尽情地享受那些放满在桌子上的美味佳肴了。新鲜香美的阿尔腊肠，鲜红耀目的带壳虾，色彩鲜明的大虾，外面有刺而里面细腻上口的海胆，还有为南方食客所极力赞美认为比牡蛎还香美可口的蛤蜊这一切，再加上无数从沙滩上捕来的，被那些该感谢的渔夫称为“海果”的各种珍馔美肴，都呈在了这次婚筵席上。