reptile

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n. 爬行动物, 爬虫, 卑鄙的人 a. 爬行的, 爬虫类的, 卑鄙的

发音

UK /ˈɹɛp.taɪl/
其它
US /ˈɹɛp.taɪl/
US /ˈɹɛp.taɪəl/

词形变化

reptiles 复数 reptiles

教材释义与例句

名词

爬行动物；卑鄙的人

形容词

爬虫类的；卑鄙的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any member of the class Reptilia that is not a bird— a cold-blooded vertebrate with dry scales that usually lays eggs, such as a lizard, snake, turtle, tortoise, crocodile, alligator, etc.

    爬虫

    爬虫类

    爬行类

    非正式
  2. 2.

    Any member of Reptilia, including birds.

    生物 动物学
  3. 3.

    A reptile or amphibian.

    历史
  4. 4.

    A mean, grovelling, loathsome or repulsive person.

    过时 比喻
adj.
  1. 1.

    Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.

  2. 2.

    Grovelling; low; vulgar.

    a reptile race or crew reptile vices

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

reptilian

上位词 2

vertebrate craniate

下位词 3

anapsid diapsid synapsid

相关短语

mammal-like reptile

词源

From Middle English reptil, from Old French reptile, from Late Latin rēptile, neuter of reptilis (“creeping”), from Latin rēpō (“to creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *rep- (“to creep, slink”) (Pokorny; Watkins, 1969).

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