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

a. Any of various broad-snouted crocodilians constituting the family Alligatoridae, found chiefly in the New World and including the caimans; (now) spec. either of two members of the genus Alligator, of large size, including (more fully American alligator) A. mississippiensis of the south-eastern United States, and the rare A. sinensis of China. Also (in popular use): any New World crocodilian (some of which are true crocodiles, genus Crocodylus).

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1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde fol. 58 It nooryshethe greate lysardes whiche in the Spanysshe toonge are cauled Lagartos [Sp. lagartos hispana lingua, latine lacertos].

1577 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Three Bookes ii. f. 73^v Caimanes, that are called Lagartos [Sp. Caymanes, que llaman Lagartos].]

1591 A. Knivet in S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) IV. 1228 Aligartos (which we call in English crocodiles).

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet v. i. 43 In the same an Aligarta [1599 allegater] hangs.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. vii. §10. 113 The Crocodiles (now called Alegartos).

1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea l. 122 In this River, and all the Rivers of this coast, are great abundance of Alagartoes.

1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre ii. vi. 28 in Wks. II Who can tell, if..the Alligarta hath not piss'd thereon?

1661 A. Cowley Vision Cromwell 59 He must have his prey of the whole Indies both by Sea and Land, this great Aligator.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World ix. 256 We found no Allegators here, though there are several.

1757 Crit. Rev. Sept. 207 The chief difference between this animal, and the American alligator, consists in the narrowness of the beak or chops.

1789 R. Norris Journey to Court of Bossa Ahádee in Mem. Reign Bossa Ahádee (1968) 125 An alligator muzzled, and a couple of pigeons, with their wings clipped, are thrown off the stage among the crowd.

1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. 254 Like alligators sleeping in the mire.

1851 De Bow's Rev. July 52 The most prominent is the Alligator, or American Crocodile, sometimes called Lacerta Alligator.

1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. iii. 82 The alligator thrives in the neighbourhood of New Orleans.

1908 M. Mayo Polly of Circus ii. 50 The big alligator raised up on his front legs and opened his big, big mouth.

1931 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 204/2 Bud was in the middle of a long bear story, when suddenly he stopped talking, and I saw dead ahead of us..a ten-foot alligator.

1990 D. Ackerman Nat. Hist. Senses ii. 92 One often sees an American alligator in a Floridian swamp arranging itself in the sun.

2007 Wired Oct. 46/1 Pretend an alligator just bit off your arm. Now scream.

单词	american alligator
释义	> as lemmas American alligator a. Any of various broad-snouted crocodilians constituting the family Alligatoridae, found chiefly in the New World and including the caimans; (now) spec. either of two members of the genus Alligator, of large size, including (more fully American alligator) A. mississippiensis of the south-eastern United States, and the rare A. sinensis of China. Also (in popular use): any New World crocodilian (some of which are true crocodiles, genus Crocodylus). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Crocodilia (crocodiles and alligators) > [noun] > suborder Eusuchia > family Alligatoridae > member of (alligator) cayman1577 lagarto1577 alligator1591 'gator1844 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde fol. 58 It nooryshethe greate lysardes whiche in the Spanysshe toonge are cauled Lagartos [Sp. lagartos hispana lingua, latine lacertos]. 1577 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Three Bookes ii. f. 73^v Caimanes, that are called Lagartos [Sp. Caymanes, que llaman Lagartos].] 1591 A. Knivet in S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) IV. 1228 Aligartos (which we call in English crocodiles). 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet v. i. 43 In the same an Aligarta [1599 allegater] hangs. View more context for this quotation 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. vii. §10. 113 The Crocodiles (now called Alegartos). 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea l. 122 In this River, and all the Rivers of this coast, are great abundance of Alagartoes. 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre ii. vi. 28 in Wks. II Who can tell, if..the Alligarta hath not piss'd thereon? 1661 A. Cowley Vision Cromwell 59 He must have his prey of the whole Indies both by Sea and Land, this great Aligator. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World ix. 256 We found no Allegators here, though there are several. 1757 Crit. Rev. Sept. 207 The chief difference between this animal, and the American alligator, consists in the narrowness of the beak or chops. 1789 R. Norris Journey to Court of Bossa Ahádee in Mem. Reign Bossa Ahádee (1968) 125 An alligator muzzled, and a couple of pigeons, with their wings clipped, are thrown off the stage among the crowd. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. 254 Like alligators sleeping in the mire. 1851 De Bow's Rev. July 52 The most prominent is the Alligator, or American Crocodile, sometimes called Lacerta Alligator. 1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. iii. 82 The alligator thrives in the neighbourhood of New Orleans. 1908 M. Mayo Polly of Circus ii. 50 The big alligator raised up on his front legs and opened his big, big mouth. 1931 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 204/2 Bud was in the middle of a long bear story, when suddenly he stopped talking, and I saw dead ahead of us..a ten-foot alligator. 1990 D. Ackerman Nat. Hist. Senses ii. 92 One often sees an American alligator in a Floridian swamp arranging itself in the sun. 2007 Wired Oct. 46/1 Pretend an alligator just bit off your arm. Now scream. extracted from alligatorn.² < as lemmas
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