英 [ˈtɑːdɪˌɡreɪd] 美 [ˈtɑːrdɪˌgreɪd]
n. 缓步类动物
adj. 缓步类的；行动缓慢的
tardigrade /ˈtɑːdɪˌɡreɪd/
名词 any minute aquatic segmented eight-legged invertebrate of the phylum Tardigrada, related to the arthropods, occurring in soil, ditches, etc 缓步类动物 (Popular name water bear)
形容词 of, relating to, or belonging to the Tardigrada 缓步类动物的
an arthropod of the division Tardigrada
...多是在南半球雨林地区发现的，它们有腿，但与其他蠕虫不同，天鹅绒虫还担负着养活幼虫的重任。天鹅绒虫是缓步动物门(tardigrade)的近亲..
水熊虫（Tardigrades）是已知存活能力最强的生物。天了噜，这种生物甚至能在真空、极寒和太空强辐射环境中能存活长达10天。
... 海牛类动物 manatee 缓步类动物 tardigrade 棘皮类动物 echinoderm ...
缓慢的 adagio; andante; easy; labored; laboured; largo; lente; lento; slack; slowmotion; sullen; tardigrade; tardo; tardy 残忍的怪物 a cruel monster .
缓步类的；行动缓慢的
Now, a new genome has been published of an exceptionally hardy tardigrade species.
现在，在异常顽强的水熊基因中发现了一种新的基因组。
And if the experiment works on a virus, they hope to move on to something that is indisputably alive: a tardigrade.
如果在病毒上的实验能够成功，研究者们希望进一步对真正的活物进行实验，比如熊虫。
The Tardigrade is almost dead in the cryptobiotic stage, other than the fact that it can revive itself from this state.
缓步动物门在隐生阶段几乎是处于死亡状态，除非它自己苏醒过来。
And if the experiment works on a virus, they hope to move on to something that is indisputably alive: a tardigrade.
His group first looked to nature for inspiration, using studies of the biochemistry of organisms that survive without water: 500-year-old Chinese lotus seeds, the hardy resurrection plant of the Sonoran desert and the microscopic tardigrade creature.