tortoise

英 [ˈtɔːtəs]

美 [ˈtɔːrtəs]

n.  陆龟; 龟

复数：tortoises　现在分词：tortoising　过去式：tortoised　

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Collins.1 / BNC.12178 / COCA.13299

牛津词典

noun

• 陆龟；龟
  a reptile with a hard round shell, that lives on land and moves very slowly. It can pull its head and legs into its shell.

柯林斯词典

• 陆龟;(乌)龟
  Atortoiseis a slow-moving animal with a shell into which it can pull its head and legs for protection.

英英释义

noun

• usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs

双语例句

• Tortoise, you, you're a good boy.
  乌龟，你，你是个好孩子。
• Of or relating to or resembling or being a turtle or tortoise.
  属于龟、或与龟有关、或类似于龟、或是龟。
• You are a bad tortoise. I'll eat you.
  你这个坏海龟。我要吃了你。
• Who won the race between the hare and the tortoise?
  兔子和乌龟哪个在赛跑中得胜了？
• The fate of many British designers calls to mind the fable of the tortoise and the hare.
  许多英国设计师的命运令人想起了龟兔赛跑的故事。
• Heaven with the tortoise and the hare;
  为那乌龟和野兔建造天堂。
• One morning, a hare and a tortoise meet in a forest, so they begin to talk.
  一天早上，一只兔子和一只乌龟在森林里相遇，于是他们开始了谈话。
• And who wins? The tortoise wins.
  而谁赢了呢？乌龟赢了。
• Monkey: The hare and the tortoise will have a match?
  小兔和乌龟又要比赛了？
• My tortoise is still in hibernation.
  我的龟仍在冬眠。