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单词 frogmarches
释义

frog1 /frog/

noun
  1. A tailless webfooted amphibian, esp one of the genus Rana, more agile than a toad
  2. A swelling (in the throat)
  3. (with cap) a contemptuous name for a French person
  4. (on a railway) a structure in the rails allowing passage across or to another track
  5. A depression made in the face(s) of a brick
  6. The block by which the hair is attached to the heel of a violin, etc bow
ORIGIN: OE frogga; also frox; cognate with ON froskr; Ger Frosch

froggˈery noun

  1. Frogs collectively
  2. A place where frogs abound or are kept

froggˈy adjective

  1. Frog-like
  2. Having or abounding in frogs
noun

(with cap) a contemptuous name for a French person

frogˈlet or frogˈling noun

A little frog

frogˈbit noun

A small aquatic plant (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae), related to the water soldier, but with floating leaves

frogˈ-eater noun

  1. A person who eats frogs
  2. A contemptuous name for a French person

frogˈfish noun

A name for various fishes, esp the angler-fish

frogˈ-hopper noun

Any insect of the Cercopidae or Aphrophoridae, whose larvae live surrounded by froth (cuckoo-spit) on plants

frogˈman noun

An underwater swimmer fitted with a rubber suit, flippers and breathing apparatus

frogˈmarch transitive verb

  1. (sometimes frog'sˈ-march) orig to carry an unco-operative or drunken prisoner, etc face downwards between four people, each holding a limb
  2. Now usu to seize from behind and force forwards while holding firmly by the arms or clothing
  3. (sometimes) to propel backwards between two people, each holding an arm

noun

The act or process of frogmarching

frogˈmouth noun

Any Australian and S Asian bird of the family Podargidae, related to the goatsuckers

frog'sˈ-mouth noun

Antirrhinum or snapdragon

frogˈspawn noun

A mass of frogs' eggs encased in a protective nutrient jelly

frogˈ-spit noun

Cuckoo-spit

frog test noun (medicine)

A formerly used pregnancy test in which the woman's urine is injected into the dorsal lymph sac of the platanna frog, deemed to be positive if frog spermatozoa are present in the frog's urine within three hours

a frog in the (or one's) throat

Hoarseness

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