读音:英 ['tɔːtəs]、美 ['tɔːrtəs]
单词:tortoise
意思:龟;行动迟缓的人;缓慢的东西
词语搭配:
1、tortoise beetle :[昆]龟甲虫
2、tortoise shell :龟甲
3、tortoise shell wood :龟甲木
4、tortoise plastron :龟板
例句:
1、He bought two small tortoises for me.
他给我买了两只小乌龟。
2、Do you remember the story about race between the hare and the tortoise?
你们还记得那个关于龟兔赛跑的故事么?
近义词:
一、turtle
意思:【动】海龟;高翻领;倾覆,翻身;捕龟
例句:
1、An old shellfish or turtle with a growth of algae on its back.
绿毛龟一种背上有绿色水藻的老的水生贝壳类动物或海龟
2、They caught a large turtle on the shore.
他们在海滩上捉到一只大海龟。
二、terrapin
意思:n. 水龟
例句:
1、A nun holds a terrapin to the mouth of a villager in Kandal province, near Phnom Penh.
在靠近金边的干丹省,一个尼姑把一只淡水龟送到村民嘴边。
2、Thai villagers have caught a river terrapin turtle that was thought to be extinct in the country.
泰国村民捕获一只被认为是绝迹的鳖河龟。