tortoise
英 ['tɔːtəs; -tɒɪz]
美['tɔːrtəs]
- n. 龟，[脊椎] 乌龟（等于testudo）；迟缓的人
词态变化
复数: tortoises;
中文词源
tortoise 陆龟，龟
来自中古英语 tortuse,来自拉丁语 tortuca,乌龟，可能来自 tartaruchus,地狱的，词源同 Tartarus, 塔耳塔洛斯，古希腊神话中的地狱，迷信说法，认为乌龟来自地狱。或来自拉丁语 tortus, 扭曲的，扭成一团的，词源同 turn,torque.因乌龟脚趾的形状而得名。拼写可能受 porpoise 影 响而俗化。
英英释意
- 1. usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica
英文词源
- tortoise
- tortoise: see turtle
- tortoise (n.)
- 1550s, altered (perhaps by influence of porpoise) from Middle English tortuse (late 15c.), tortuce (mid-15c.), tortuge (late 14c.), from Medieval Latin tortuca (mid-13c.), perhaps from Late Latin tartaruchus "of the underworld" (see Tartarus). Others propose a source in Latin tortus "twisted," based on the shape of the feet. The classical Latin word was testudo, from testa "shell." First record of tortoise shell as a pattern of markings is from 1782.
实用场景例句
- The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping.
- 兔子正睡觉时,乌龟赢得了比赛.
《简明英汉词典》
- A tortoise has a shell on his back.
- 乌龟背上有硬壳.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The hare and the tortoise are going to have a race!
- 野兔和乌龟要赛跑.
期刊摘选
- The elephant dwarfed the tortoise.
- 那只乌龟跟那头象相比就显得很小.
《简明英汉词典》
- He ordered fawn to look for the tortoise and ask why it was absent.
- 他命令小鹿去找乌龟,问它为什么缺席.
期刊摘选
- One day, a bunny wants to race the tortoise.
- 一天, 兔子要和乌龟赛跑.
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- The tortoise crept along at an agonizingly slow speed.
- 乌龟以极其缓慢的速度爬行着.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Tortoise and Snake Hills face each other across the river.
- 龟蛇二山隔江相望.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The tortoise does not know an earthworm, also ignore.
- 乌龟不认识蚯蚓, 也不理睬.
期刊摘选
- Teacher: Some students are becoming arrogant. Do you remember the story about race between thethe tortoise?
- 老师: "一些同学开始变得骄傲起来了, 你们难道不记得龟兔赛跑的故事了 么 ?
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- Benjamin : That's right , honey. Oh , you don't need to be as slow as a tortoise.
- 本杰明: 事实上, 要减肥, 你就得慢慢地跑很长一段时间.
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- The tortoise never, ever stopped until he came to the finish line.
- 乌龟一直没有停止,最后他首先抵达了终点线!
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- Put the tortoise box in the shade.
- 把养乌龟的盒子放在阴凉处.
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- Tortoise, Tortoise, I'll throw you into the river and then you'll die.
- 海龟, 海龟, 我要把你扔到河里,然后你就会淹死.
期刊摘选
- The tortoise, moving slowly, overtook him and soon finished the race, emerging as the undisputed champion.
- 那只慢慢朝前爬的乌龟超过了它,不久就跑完了赛程, 成为无可争辩的冠军.
期刊摘选
- Who runs fast, the hare or the tortoise?
- 野兔和乌龟谁跑得快?
辞典例句
- Tortoise worship is originated from animal worship and procreation worship.
- 龟崇拜起源于动物崇拜和生殖崇拜.
期刊摘选
- A tortoise is different from a turtle.
- 陆龟与海龟有区别.
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- They started off and this time the hare carried the tortoise till the river bank.
- 它们出发了.这一次,是兔子背着乌龟来到了河边.
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- Do you remember the story about between the hare and the tortoise?
- 你们还记得那个关于龟兔赛跑的故事 么 ?
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- When the bunny wakes up, the tortoise is close to the ending line.
- 兔子醒来时, 乌龟已经快到终点了.
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- How does she feelabout tortoise shell?
- 她觉得龟甲装怎样?
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- Also about two bone seams do not overlap mutually, thus strengthened the tortoise shell ruggedness.
- 且上下两层骨缝互不重叠, 因而增强了龟壳的坚固性.
期刊摘选
- The tortoise spends the winter months in hibernation.
- 乌龟在冬眠中度过寒冬季节.
《简明英汉词典》
- You are a bad tortoise. I'll eat you.
- 你这个坏海龟. 我要吃了你.
期刊摘选
- Once upon a time a tortoise and a hare had an argument about who was faster.
- 从前有一只乌龟和一只兔子在互相争辩谁跑得快.
期刊摘选
- The tortoise pulled its head into his carapace.
- 乌龟把头缩进它的壳里。
辞典例句
- The fate of many British designers calls to mind the fable of the tortoise and the hare.
- 许多英国设计师的命运令人想起了龟兔赛跑的故事。
柯林斯例句