testudo

n. 龟甲形大盾, 掩蔽物 [医] 迭掩形绷带, 龟甲形绷带

词形变化

testudines testudoes testudos 复数 testudos testudoes 复数 testudines 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A shelter formed by a body of troops holding their shields or targets close together over their heads.

    历史 政治 军事
  2. 2.

    A shelter of similar shape for miners, etc.

  3. 3.

    The fornix.

    医学
  4. 4.

    A chelys (kind of lyre)

    音乐
  5. 5.

    An encysted tumour.

    医学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

protection

词源

Unadapted borrowing from Latin testūdō (“tortoise, turtle, lyre, type of military shelter”).

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