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单词 testudineous
释义

testudo /te-stūˈdō/

noun (pl testūˈdōs or testūˈdinēs)
  1. A wheeled shelter used by Roman soldiers under attack from above
  2. A similar shelter made by joining shields
  3. A vaulted roof
  4. An ancient lyre, said to have been first made of a tortoiseshell
  5. (with cap) the genus comprising the typical land tortoises
ORIGIN: L testūdō, -inis tortoise

testūˈdinal, testūˈdinary or testūdinˈeous adjective

Like a tortoise, tortoiseshell, or a testudo

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