reptile

• adj. 爬虫类的；卑鄙的
• n. 爬行动物；卑鄙的人

来自拉丁语 repere,爬行，-t,过去分词格，来自 PIE*rep,爬行。

1. any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises turtles snakes lizards alligators crocodiles and extinct forms

reptile (n.)

late 14c., "creeping or crawling animal," from Old French reptile (early 14c.) and directly from Late Latin reptile, noun use of neuter of reptilis (adj.) "creping, crawling," from rept-, past participle stem of repere "to crawl, creep," from PIE root *rep- "to creep, crawl" (cognates: Lithuanian replioju "to creep"). Used of persons of low character from 1749.

Precise scientific use began to develop mid-18c., but the word was used as well at first of animals now known as amphibians, including toads, frogs, salamanders; separation of Reptilia (1835 as a distinct class) and Amphibia took place early 19c.; popular use lagged, and reptile still was used late 18c. with sense "An animal that creeps upon many feet" [Johnson, who calls the scorpion a reptile], sometimes excluding serpents.

And the terrestrial animals may be divided into quadrupeds or beasts, reptiles, which have many feet, and serpents, which have no feet at all. [Locke, "Elements of Natural Philosophy," 1689]

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An inadvertent step may crush the snail
That crawls at ev'ning in the public path ;
But he that has humanity, forewarn'd,
Will tread aside, and let the reptile live.
[Cowper, "The Task," 1785]

The Old English word for "reptile" was slincend, related to slink.

our reptilian ancestors

我们的爬行动物祖先

牛津词典

(figurative)He licked his lips in an unpleasantly reptilian way.

他令人厌恶地舔着嘴唇。

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The archaic reptile is a living link with the ancestors of her people.

这种古老的动物一直与她们的祖先生活在一起.

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Despite the geographical misappropriation , since 1987 Alligator mississippiensis has been Florida's official state reptile.

尽管地理分布位置并不相符,弗罗里达州仍在1987年把密西西比短吻鳄定为该州官方的代表爬虫.

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She started my reptile education at the boa constrictor cage.

她在大王蟒蛇的笼子前开始给我讲起了爬行动物知识.

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The land is teeming with reptile life.

这片土地多爬行动物.

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That's why no reptile degenerates to a blue green alga.

为什么中间没有发生过爬行动物又退化回蓝藻的现象?

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They attracted the attention of every bird within eyeshot, every reptile not yet asleep.

它们就把所有目力见得着的鸟儿,和所有还没入蛰的爬虫, 都引得注意起来.

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This paper reports an investigation on the purposes and species of the medicinal reptile in Quanzhou.

报道了泉州市药用爬行动物的种类及其用途.

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Even police car sirens couldn't scare the big reptile off the road.

甚至连警车鸣笛都无法把这只庞然的爬虫类动物从路中吓跑.

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So you should not be surprised to see someone keep a reptile as a pet.

所以,你不必惊奇有人养了一只爬行动物作为宠物.

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Mammals arose from a fairly primitive reptile in the Mesozoic era.

哺乳类起源于中生代宛若原始的爬虫类.

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In comparison with the mammal, the ordinary reptile is altogether reckless of its offspring.

和哺乳动物比起来, 一般的爬行动物对它们的后代简直是太漠不关心了.

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The reptile had swallowed an entire pregnant sheep and was too and digest its supersize meal.

这个家伙完全吞下了一只怀孕的绵羊,以致于撑得无法移动.

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The prehistoric reptile lived in the Cretaceous period, about 125 million years ago.

这只史前爬行动物生活在约一亿两千五百万年前的白垩纪.

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Lizard is a small creature with four legs, a sort of reptile.

蜥蜴是有四条腿的小动物, 一种爬行类动物.

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Steal the spotlight with this petite handbag made of canvas with rich reptile embossed leather trim.

采用了丰富的动物皮革,帆布装饰浮雕是这个娇小手袋的焦点.

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Flaneurs liked to take turtles walks and let the reptile set the pace.

漫游者们喜欢带着乌龟去散步,然后跟随着乌龟的步伐.

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A snake is a limbless reptile.

蛇是一种无足爬行动物.

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He put forward the hypothesis that the bones belonged to an extinct type of reptile.

他提出一个假说,说那些骨头属于一种已绝种的爬行动物.

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The frog is not a true reptile.

青蛙并非真正的爬行动物.

辞典例句

New reptile surveys are revealing the fragile nature of many reptile populations.

新的爬行动物调查显示很多爬行动物天生脆弱.

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The snake is one kind of reptile.

蛇是一种爬行动物.

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A crocodilian reptile, such as an alligator , a caiman, or a gavial.

鳄类动物鳄类爬行动物, 如短吻鳄 、 凯门鳄或长吻鳄.

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Rise, and don't degrade youself into an abject reptile.

起来, 可别把你自己贬成一个下贱的爬虫.

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If none of the above, please seek advice from your reptile vet.

如果你的蛇绝食的原因并不是上面的一项, 你该找兽医征求意见.

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A reptile of that size, that lives in ice water, that can thrive on jellyfish.

那么大的爬行动物, 可以活在冰冷的水中 、 靠猎食水母兴旺繁衍.

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The reptile has bright yellow, blue and green skin and maintains a diet of fruit.

这种爬行动物身上有大片的黄色, 蓝色和绿色皮肤,以水果为食.

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