tortoise是什么意思

tortoise

英 ['t??t?s; -t??z] 美 ['t??rt?s]

n. 龜，[脊椎] 烏龜（等于testudo）；遲緩的人

中文詞源

tortoise 陸龜，龜

來(lái)自中古英語(yǔ) tortuse,來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) tortuca,烏龜，可能來(lái)自 tartaruchus,地獄的，詞源同 Tartarus, 塔耳塔洛斯，古希臘神話中的地獄，迷信說(shuō)法，認(rèn)為烏龜來(lái)自地獄?；騺?lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) tortus, 扭曲的，扭成一團(tuán)的，詞源同 turn,torque.因?yàn)觚斈_趾的形狀而得名。拼寫可能受 porpoise 影響而俗化。

英文詞源

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.

雙語(yǔ)例句

1. The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping.: 兔子正睡覺(jué)時(shí),烏龜贏得了比賽.

2. Tortoise and Snake Hills face each other across the river.: 龜蛇二山隔江相望.

3. The tortoise crept along at an agonizingly slow speed.: 烏龜以極其緩慢的速度爬行著.

4. The elephant dwarfed the tortoise.: 那只烏龜跟那頭象相比就顯得很小.

5. The tortoise spends the winter months in hibernation.: 烏龜在冬眠中度過(guò)寒冬季節(jié).

tortoise是什么意思

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