tortoise
tortoise 英 [ˈtɔ:təs] 美 [ˈtɔrtəs]
n. 龟， 乌龟
名词复数:tortoises
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- n. 龟， 乌龟
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1. A tortoise has a shell on his back.
乌龟背上有硬壳.
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2. Run like a tortoise.
像乌龟一样慢慢跑。
- tortoise (n.) 1550s, altered (perhaps by influence of porpoise) from Middle English tortuse (late 15c.), tortuce (mid-15c.), tortuge (late 14c.), from Medieval Latin tortuca (mid-13c.), perhaps from Late Latin tartaruchus "of the underworld" (see Tartarus). Others propose a source in Latin tortus "twisted," based on the shape of the feet. The classical Latin word was testudo, from testa "shell." First record of tortoise shell as a pattern of markings is from 1782.
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