tortoise
美音:[´tɔ:təs
]
英音:[´tɔ:təs
]
n.龟,迟缓的人
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tortoise为短语/超纲词汇
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tort＝to twist（卷缠）
tortoise
/'tɔ:təs; `tɔrtəs/
n slow-moving four-footed reptile with a hard shell 陆龟; 龟.
n slow-moving four-footed reptile with a hard shell 陆龟; 龟.
tortoise
n[C]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French;Origin: tortue, from Vulgar Latin tartaruca, from Late Latin tartaruchus 'of Tartarus', from Greek tartarouchos, from Tartaros 'Tartarus, the land of the dead in ancient stories'; because it used to be thought that tortoises and turtles came from hell]
a slow-moving land animal that can pull its head and legs into the hard round shell that covers its body
→turtle
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French;Origin: tortue, from Vulgar Latin tartaruca, from Late Latin tartaruchus 'of Tartarus', from Greek tartarouchos, from Tartaros 'Tartarus, the land of the dead in ancient stories'; because it used to be thought that tortoises and turtles came from hell]
a slow-moving land animal that can pull its head and legs into the hard round shell that covers its body
→turtle
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