单词 | 乌龟 |
释义 | 〔tortoise〕Any of various terrestrial turtles, especially one of the family Testudinidae, characteristically having thick clublike hind limbs and a high, rounded carapace.龟:一种陆地生乌龟,特别指属于龟鳖目的动物,一般具有厚重,梅花状的四肢和高耸的圆形甲壳〔cooter〕Any of various turtles or tortoises.See Regional Note at goober 乌龟:任一种海龟或陆龟 参见 goober〔terrarium〕A small enclosure or closed container in which selected living plants and sometimes small land animals, such as turtles and lizards, are kept and observed.动植物培养箱:培养和观察活的植物、有时包括陆上小动物如乌龟或蜥蜴的围篱或密封的小箱子〔tortoiseshell〕The mottled, horny, translucent, brownish covering of the carapace of certain tortoises or turtles, especially the hawksbill, used to make combs, jewelry, and other articles.龟甲,玳瑁:某些乌龟或甲鱼肉体上覆盖着的有花纹,角质、透明的,褐色的甲壳特别是玳瑁龟的甲壳,通常用来制作梳子,珠宝和其它工艺品〔Rexroth〕American writer and translator known especially for his poetry, collected in volumes such asThe Phoenix and the Tortoise (1944) and In Defense of Earth (1956). 雷克斯罗斯,肯尼思:(1905-1982) 美国作家及翻译家,尤以其诗作著称,集于合订本如《凤凰与乌龟》 (1944年)及 《地球防御》 (1956年) 〔mail〕The protective covering of certain animals, as the shell of a turtle.甲壳:某些动物身上有保护作用的覆盖物,例如乌龟的壳〔testudinate〕Of, relating to, or resembling a turtle or tortoise.龟的:有关或似海龟的或乌龟的〔testudinate〕from Latin [tortoise] * see testudo 源自 拉丁语 [乌龟] * 参见 testudo〔crawl〕A pen in shallow water, as for confining fish or turtles.养鱼池,养龟池:用来养鱼或乌龟等的浅水围场〔reptile〕Any of various cold-blooded, usually egg-laying vertebrates of the class Reptilia, such as a snake, lizard, crocodile, turtle, or dinosaur, having an external covering of scales or horny plates and breathing by means of lungs.爬行动物:一种爬行纲的冷血的、通常是卵生的脊椎动物,例如蛇、晰蜴、鳄鱼、乌龟或恐龙,具有鳞状外皮或角质板块结构并用肺进行呼吸〔terrapin〕Any of various North American aquatic turtles of the family Emydiolae, especially the genusMalaclemys, which includes the diamondback terrapin. 水龟:各种产于北美的水龟科的水生乌龟的任何一种,尤指水龟属 的水龟,包括钻石背水龟 〔speed〕The fable of the tortoise and the hare teaches us that speed does not always spell success.Historically in English, however, it does:the Old English wordspēd, from which our word speed is descended, originally meant "prosperity, successful outcome, ability, or quickness.” A corresponding verb,spēdan, in Modern English the verbspeed, meant "to succeed, prosper, or achieve a goal"; and an adjective,spēdig, the ancestor of our word speedy, meant "wealthy, powerful.” Except for archaic usesthe words today relate only to the general sense of "velocity.”The meaning "success" is retained chiefly in the compoundGodspeed, a noun formed from the phrase meaning "God prosper you.”乌龟与兔子这则寓言故事告诉我们速度并不总意味着成功。然而在英语的历史中,速度就意味着成功:speed 这个词来自古英语单词 spēd , 原意为“繁荣昌盛,成功的结果,能力或速度”。与之相应的动词spedan , 即现代英语中speed 一词,意为“取得成功,繁荣昌盛或实现一目标”; speedy 的前身,形容词 spēdig ,则表示“富有的,有力的”。 除了其古代用法,这些词今天只和“速度”这一一般意义有关。“成功”之意主要保留于Godspeed (成功、幸运、天惠) 这个词中, 这是一个来自词组“祝你成功”的一个名词〔testudinate〕A turtle or tortoise.龟:海龟或乌龟 |
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