a small shellfish that sticks very tightly to rocks 帽贝，钥孔䗩（依附在岩石上） The Prime Minister clung to his job like a limpet, despite calls for him to resign. 首相不顾众人要求他辞职的呼声，死赖着不下台。 🔊🔊
Oxford Collocations DictionaryLimpet is used before these nouns:- mine
Word OriginOld English lempedu, from medieval Latin lampreda ‘limpet, lamprey’.