car.a.pace
n.（名词）
Zoology A hard bony or chitinous outer covering, such as the fused dorsal plates of a turtle or the portion of the exoskeleton covering the head and thorax of a crustacean.
【动物学】 硬壳，背甲，头胸甲：一种硬骨质或甲壳质外部覆盖物，如海龟融为一体的背部板形器官，或甲壳纲动物覆盖头胸部的外骨骼部分
A protective, shell-like covering likened to that of a turtle or crustacean:
外壳，外表：类似海龟或甲壳纲动物的背甲或头胸甲的防护性壳状覆盖物：
例句：
.He used to worry that Sarah would age the same way, develop the same brittle carapace.(Anne Tyler)
.他过去常担忧莎拉也同样会苍老，外表变得同样冷漠.(安妮·泰勒)
来源：
French
法语
from Spanish carapacho
源自 西班牙语 carapacho
