tortoise

音标发音

• 英式音标 ['tɔːtəs; -tɒɪz]
• 美式音标 [ˈtɔːr.t̬əs]
• 国际音标 ['tɔ:təs]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n. 龟，[脊椎] 乌龟（等于testudo）；迟缓的人

同根派生

英汉例句

• The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping.
  兔子正睡觉时,乌龟赢得了比赛.
• Tortoise and Snake Hills face each other across the river.
  龟蛇二山隔江相望.
• The tortoise crept along at an agonizingly slow speed.
  乌龟以极其缓慢的速度爬行着.
• 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。
• The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping.
  兔子正睡觉时,乌龟赢得了比赛.

词组短语

短语

• bowsprit tortoise 挺胸龟
• Kleinmann tortoise 克莱马尼陆龟
• Sulcata Tortoise 苏卡达;苏卡达象龟
• tortoise urinus 龟鞭
• Agonoka Tortoise 阿加诺卡龟

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• an animal with a thick, hard shell that it can move its head and legs into for protection. It eats plants, moves very slowly, and sleeps during the winter.

柯林斯英英字典

• A tortoise is a slow-moving animal with a shell into which it can pull its head and legs for protection.

专业释义

生物学

• 乌龟（等于testudo）
• 乌龟；(尤指陆栖的)陆龟
• 小乌龟
• 乌龟
• 玳瑁
• 龟;龟棕色