chameleon
n. 美洲变色蜥蜴, 善变的人 [医] 避役属(蜴蜥之一属)
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教材释义与例句
变色龙；善变的人；轻浮的人
释义与例句
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A hypothetical scalar particle with a non-linear self-interaction, giving it an effective mass that depends on its environment: the presence of other fields.
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A small to mid-size reptile, of the family Chamaeleonidae, and one of the best known lizard families able to change color and project its long tongue.
变色龙
变色蜥蜴
避役
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A person with inconstant behavior; one able to quickly adjust to new circumstances.
变色龙
比喻
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That changes or modifies its color.
The wall was covered with a chameleon paint.
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词源
From Middle English camelion, from Old French cameleon, from Latin chamaeleon, from Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (khamailéōn), from χαμαί (khamaí, “on the earth, on the ground”) + λέων (léōn, “lion”); ultimately a calque from Akkadian 𒌨𒈤𒊭𒆠 (nēšu ša qaqqari, “chameleon, reptile”, literally “lion of the ground", "predator that crawls upon the ground”). The spelling was re-Latinized in the early 18th century. The physics sense was coined by Justin Khoury and Amanda Weltman in 2003 in a paper in Physical Review Letters.
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