单词 | terrapin tank |
释义 | > as lemmasterrapin tank C1. General attributive, as terrapin meat, terrapin shell, terrapin tank, etc. ΚΠ 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 110 Torrepine-shells containing pebbles. 1845 J. Coulter Adventures Pacific ix. 110 I put to it some terrapin meat. 1863 W. H. Russell My Diary North & South I. xxx. 339 The terrapin soup excellent, though not comparable..to the best turtle. 1957 C. R. Meyer Animal Weapons (National Audubon Soc. Nature Program) 4 Beach rats eat terrapin eggs and young only to be hunted in turn by the slim-footed blue herons. 2004 T. Guest My Life in Orange (2005) vi. 84 The terrapin tank with its lone inhabitant, Terry, basking above the waterline on the tank's single rock. < as lemmas |
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