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单词 testudineous
释义 testudineous, a.|tɛstjuːˈdɪniːəs|
[f. L. testūdine-us, f. testudo, testūdin-em: see -eous.]
1. Resembling the shell of a tortoise, or a testudo.
1656Blount Glossogr., Testudineous,..belonging to, or bowing like the shell of a tortoise, vaulted. Also pertaining to that ancient war-engine called Testudo. Hence in Bailey, Johnson, and later Dicts.
2. Slow, dilatory, like the pace of a tortoise.
a1652Brome Love-sick Crt. iii. iii, With a countenance dejected, And testudineous pace.1860O. W. Holmes Prof. Breakf.-t. ii, I don't think there is one of our boarders quite so testudineous as I am.
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