| 词汇 | tortoise |
| 释义 | tortoise noun[ C ] uk /ˈtɔː.təs/ us /ˈtɔːr.t̬əs/ 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.龟，陆龟 Matthijs Kuijpers/Biosphoto/GettyImages Reptile & amphibian names adder alligator amphibia amphibian anaconda chameleon cobra constrictor crocodile frog lizard loggerhead mamba monitor lizard newt skink slowworm snake snakily spring peeper A desert tortoise would not survive in a rainforest habitat. A tortoise has a shell on its back. Although most tortoises do not eat meat, their bodies do provide meat for others. Baby tortoises especially are a favorite food for many other species. If we are not careful, many tortoise species will disappear forever. Its yellow shell has black spots, giving this tortoise its name. Just like the tortoise, sea turtles are also suffering from falling numbers. Many tortoise species are becoming endangered because of illegal trade. People may not eat tortoises very often, but they do keep them as pets. The tortoise beats the hare through patience and endurance. This chain of islands is home to over 100,000 of these giant tortoises. Tortoises move slowly because they have heavy, hard shells on their backs and short, fat legs. Turtles and tortoises are two amazing, and quite different, species of reptile. Turtles and tortoises have always held our fascination. Turtles and tortoises have had a long relationship with humans. Unlike many species of turtle, tortoises live only on land. tortoise | American Dictionarytortoise noun[ C ] us/ˈtɔr·t̬əs/ a turtle, esp. one that lives only on land Examples of tortoisetortoise She mistakes a sleeping tortoise for a rock and puts food and plates on the back of the tortoise. When the tortoise was automatically released from the charger, it would once again be repelled by the lamp, and would leave the hutch. However, the real significance of the tortoises goes well beyond their biological inspiration. An additional factor is that two tortoises from the 1951 batch have survived, and both have recently been put on public display. Why does food niche overlap of tortoises and vipers increase with progressive degeneration of forest habitat? Uncompleted tortoise-shaped stele bases can still be found there. The cat family looks for the food and finds out that the ' rock ' is in fact a tortoise. Only 1 type of ectoparasite, a placobdellid leech, was found on any tortoise species examined during this study. I keep hearing people say "tortoise" to rhyme with "boys". In order to understand how the tortoises worked, it is probably best to start with the mechanical design. Consider the desert tortoise that automatically moves toward anything green. A major subsistence focus was the collection of tortoise. The tortoise\\turtle doesn't want to hurt them. The hare, the tortoise and the crocodile: the ecology of angiosperm dominance, conifer persistence and fern filtering. The adults take 23-36 days to feed on mammals such as sheep, but up to 62 days on reptiles such as tortoises. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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