单词 | amphibious |
释义 | amphibious —amphibiously, adv. —amphibiousness, n. /am fib"ee euhs/, adj. 1. living or able to live both on land and in water; belonging to both land and water. 2. Also, amphibian. capable of operating on both land and water: amphibious vehicles. 3. of or pertaining to military operations by both land and naval forces against the same object, esp. to a military attack by troops landed by naval ships. 4. trained or organized to fight, or fighting, on both land and sea: amphibious troops. 5. combining two qualities, kinds, traits, etc.; of or having a mixed or twofold nature. [1635-45; < L amphibius < Gk amphíbios living a double life. See AMPHI-, BIO-, -OUS] |
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