proboscis
🇺🇸
/prəʊˈbɑːsɪs/
🇬🇧
/prəˈbɒsɪs/
noun
R
The long, flexible nose of some animals like elephants.
The elephant's proboscis is very strong and can pick up heavy objects.
大象的鼻子非常強壯，可以舉起重物。
R
The long, thin mouth of some insects, like a straw.
The butterfly used its proboscis to drink nectar from the flower.
蝴蝶用它的吸管從花中吸取花蜜。
R
A large human nose.
He wiped his proboscis and smiled.
他擦了擦鼻子，然後笑了。
translation
長鼻, 喙, 大鼻子
詞形變化
Plural
proboscises