| 单词 | house lizard |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse lizard house lizard n. any of various lizards which have a tendency to frequent buildings; spec. = house gecko n. ΚΠ 1783 W. Marsden Hist. Sumatra 99 The lizard species are in abundance; from the cokay, which is ten or twelve inches long..to the smallest house lizard, of which I have seen some scarce half an inch in length. 1899 Proc. Zool. Soc. 16 May 631 The Great House-Lizard or Tokay is recorded from Penang, Singapore, and the Malay Peninsula... In Siam, however, it is one of the commonest animals. 1925 C. Wells Six Years in Malay Jungle iv. 29 I long to hear once more the strange twittering of the swallows, the funny little ‘Chee-chuck’, of the house lizards. 2001 Y. Martel Life of Pi i. 6 I miss the heat of India, the food, the house lizards on the walls, the musicals on the silver screen. < as lemmas |
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