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mantis 音标拼音: [m'æntɪs] n. 螳螂 螳螂 mantis n 1: predacious long- bodied large- eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer [ synonym: { mantis}, { mantid}] Mantis \ Man" tis\, n. [ NL., fr. Gr. ? a prophet.] ( Zool.) Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus { Mantis}, and allied genera. They are predacious long- bodied large- eyed insects of warm regions, are remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded in prayer. The common American species is { Mantis Carolina}. [ 1913 Webster] { Mantis shrimp}. ( Zool.) The { Squilla}, a tropical marine burrowing crustacean with large grasping appendages. Also called { mantis crab} and { mantis prawn}. [ 1913 Webster] A structured, full-function procedural {4GL} and
application development system from {Cincom}. MANTIS enables
the developer to design prototypes, create transaction screens
and reports, define logical data views, write structured
procedures, and dynamically test, correct, document, secure,
and release applications for production in a single,
integrated, interactive session.
MANTIS applications can be enhanced with gOOi, the graphical
object-oriented interface, which creates graphical Windows
representations of existing MANTIS screens.
{(http://cincom.com/products/mantis/)}.
(2003-08-08)
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