外骨骼

wàigǔgé

noun #37,645

Meanings

HSK 7-9

昆虫和螃蟹都有外骨骼。

Kūnchóng hé pángxiè dōu yǒu wàigǔgé.

Insects and crabs both have exoskeletons.

HSK 7-9

工人穿上外骨骼后能轻松搬重物。

Gōngrén chuānshàng wàigǔgé hòu néng qīngsōng bān zhòngwù.

Workers can easily carry heavy objects after putting on the exoskeleton suit.

memory

外 (outside) + 骨骼 (skeleton) - a transparent calque of "exo-skeleton". The opposite, 内骨骼 (endoskeleton), describes vertebrate bones inside the body.

外 wài

骨 gǔ

骼 gé