toad 英 [təʊd]   美 [toʊd]

toad

toad  英 [təʊd] 美 [toʊd]

n. 蟾蜍;癞蛤蟆;讨厌的家伙 

名词复数:toads 

She began not just to call me Kid, but gave me other attributes and diminutives, such as frog or toad, Puppy, Toy, and Rose. 她开始不再叫我小家伙了,但给我起了别的昵称,如青蛙或蟾蜍,小狗,玩具和玫瑰什么的。

  • A toad is an amphibian with dry, bumpy skin and no tail. A common myth says that toads will give you warts, but it's not true.
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  • n. 蟾蜍;癞蛤蟆;讨厌的家伙
  • 1. She began not just to call me Kid, but gave me other attributes and diminutives, such as frog or toad, Puppy, Toy, and Rose.

    她开始不再叫我小家伙了,但给我起了别的昵称,如青蛙或蟾蜍,小狗,玩具和玫瑰什么的。

  • toad (n.) c. 1300, from late Old English tadige, tadie, of unknown origin and according to OED with no known cognates outside English. Applied to loathsome persons from 1560s. Toad-strangler "heavy rain" is from 1919, U.S. Southern dialectal.
toad / təʊd ; NAmE toʊd / noun 1 a small animal like a frogbut with a drier and less smooth skin, that lives on land but breeds in water (= is an amphibian) 蟾蜍;癞蛤蟆 2 ( informal, disapproving) an unpleasant person 讨厌的人;使人恶心的人 toad toads toad / təʊd ; NAmE toʊd /
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