tortoise

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n. 龟, 行动迟缓的人

发音

US /ˈtɔɹ.təs/
UK /ˈtɔː.təs/
UK /ˈtɔːˌtɔɪs/
其它 /ˈtɔːˌtɔɪs/

词形变化

tortoises 复数 tortoises

别名

tort

教材释义与例句

名词

龟，[脊椎] 乌龟（等于testudo）；迟缓的人

a slow-moving land animal that can pull its head and legs into the hard round shell that covers its body

名词

龟， 乌龟（等于testudo）；迟缓的人

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family Testudinidae (chiefly Canada, US) or the order Testudines (chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, India), whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron). The animal can withdraw its head and four legs partially into the shell, providing some protection from predators.

    龟

    乌龟

    草龟

    陆龟

  2. 2.

    Synonym of cat (sense 11, a wheeled shelter)

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

turtle

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gopher desert tortoise giant tortoise gopher tortoise

相关短语

tortoise shell 龟壳 tortoise shells tortoise beetle n. 龟甲虫 tortoise beetles Tortoise Islands tortoise shell bracket tortoise shell brackets tortoise core tortoise cores Black Tortoise of the North golden tortoise beetle golden tortoise beetles red tortoise cake red tortoise cakes

词源

From Middle English tortuse, tortuce, tortuge, from Medieval Latin tortuca, of uncertain origin. May be from Late Latin tartarūcha, from tartarūchus, from Ancient Greek ταρταροῦχος (tartaroûkhos, “holder of Tartaros, Tartarus, the land of the dead in ancient stories”), because it used to be thought that tortoises and turtles came from the underworld and they were commonly paired with such infernal beasts; see Τάρταρος (Tártaros). Or, from Latin tortus (“twisted”). The French-looking Modern English spelling tortoise may be influenced by porpoise. Displaced native Old English byrdling.

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