| 单词 | amphibious |
| 释义 | amphibious (once / 5475 pages) adj If you can drive your car down the highway and then go off road and ford a few rivers, too, you've got an amphibious vehicle — something that works on land and in the water, too. Amphibious also describes animals that can live on land or in the water — like frogs and toads — and comes from the Greek roots amphi "both" and bios "life." Military operations where both your army and your navy are involved — one attacking by land and the other by sea — are called amphibious assaults or amphibious operations. WORD FAMILYamphibious: amphibiously+/amphibia: amphibious USAGE EXAMPLESHowever, foreign companies have shown interest in MHI's gear technology and water jet propulsion systems to drive armored amphibious vehicles, industry sources earlier told Reuters. Reuters(Nov 25, 2016) Visaya said the scrapped drills include an Amphibious Landing Exercise and Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training, both major naval exercises that include territorial defense training. Seattle Times(Nov 23, 2016) Also, a second Amphibious Ready Group of three ships and 2,500 Marines will be deployed in Japan by 2019. Washington Times(Nov 16, 2016) 1adj relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia Syn amphibian 2adj operating or living on land and in water amphibious vehicles amphibious operations amphibious troops frogs are amphibious animals Syn|Ant amphibiotic, semiaquatic having an aquatic early or larval form and a terrestrial adult form aquatic operating or living or growing in water terrestrialoperating or living or growing on land marinenative to or inhabiting the sea semiaquatic, subaquaticpartially aquatic; living or growing partly on land and partly in water subaquatic, subaqueous, submerged, submersed, underwatergrowing or remaining under water onshoreon the edge of the land overlandtraveling or passing over land |
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