英语词汇“tortoise”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

tor·toise

(tôrtĭs)

1. Any of various terrestrial turtles, especially one of the family Testudinidae, characteristically having thick clublike hind limbs and a high, rounded carapace.

2. One that moves slowly; a laggard.

[Middle English tortuce, turtle, tortoise, probably partly from Anglo-Norman tortouse (variant of Old French tortue) and partly from Medieval Latin tortūca, both ultimately from Vulgar Latin *tartarūca, feminine of *tartarūcus, of Tartarus; see TURTLE¹.]

tortoise

leopard tortoise

Geochelone pardalis

单词	tortoise
释义	tor·toise (tôrtĭs) n. 1. Any of various terrestrial turtles, especially one of the family Testudinidae, characteristically having thick clublike hind limbs and a high, rounded carapace. 2. One that moves slowly; a laggard. [Middle English tortuce, turtle, tortoise, probably partly from Anglo-Norman tortouse (variant of Old French tortue) and partly from Medieval Latin tortūca, both ultimately from Vulgar Latin tartarūca, feminine of tartarūcus, of Tartarus; see TURTLE¹.] tortoise leopard tortoise Geochelone pardalis
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