| 词汇 | example_english_chameleon |
| 释义 | Examples of chameleonThese 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. Are they political chameleons or political turncoats? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have a chameleon's capacity for adaptation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are slightly more aggressive creatures, and resemble chameleons in the way they have bulging eyes that can look independently. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Iguanians are largely arboreal and have primitively fleshy, nonprehensile tongues, although the condition is highly modified in chameleons. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Bird species include eagles, owls and buzzards and reptiles include rattlesnakes and chameleons. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Immediately before the chameleon's characteristic tongue is extended, accommodation in both eyes is coupled: both eyes focus independently on the prey. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Consequently, one should not bring chameleons into a garden which is frequented by cats. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Long-term studies include lemur behavior and ecology, plant growth, flowering and fruiting, and climate, as well as surveys of chameleons, lemurs, birds, insects and carnivores. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In chameleons, the tongue contracts against a tapered hyoid bone, eventually slipping off and projecting forward at very high speed. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Color change signals a chameleon's physiological condition and intentions to other chameleons. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In predator avoidance, chameleons utilize minimal head movement and a unique method to monitor potential threats. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Wild animals include small and medium-sized mammals such as squirrels, rabbits and foxes as well as reptiles such as chameleons, rattlesnakes and various small lizards. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Like chameleons, cephalopods use physiological colour change for social interaction. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They hatch into juvenile chameleons which may take six months to a year to become mature. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The diet consists mainly of various insects, fruits, berries, seeds, snails and chameleons. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. After learning to harness the power of invisibility, she escapes from her fellow chameleons in hopes of finding freedom. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Chameleons are known to use camouflage for their stealth attacks. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They also have the ability to change their skin colour, blending, like chameleons, with their surroundings. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Numerous lizards, chameleons and snakes populate the forest and are easily seen from the sparse trail network. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The game cards depict chameleons, showing that a player may change his color many times during the game. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Surroundings only partly contribute to a chameleon's decision to change color. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Nonbreeding females and juvenile chameleons are generally a uniform green color with some white markings. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Like all chameleons, veiled chameleons prefer to drink water in drops on leaves. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Chameleons can be confined in hollow containers because their mass increases rapidly as they penetrate the container wall, causing them to reflect. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Chameleons grasp their prey with a projectile tongue. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They feed on a variety of prey, including chameleons and rodents. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The chameleons are very well represented with two-thirds of the world's species found there. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Namaqua chameleons darken the skin of the side of their body facing the sun. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They are less territorial than most species of chameleons. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Curiously, this ability works on chameleons despite the fact that they do mot give off heat. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. True chameleons also display a greater range of colour adaptation. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Infants, whose natural behavior is to chase anything that moves, will go out of their way to avoid chameleons and caterpillars. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. As for didactyly, chameleons visibly have five toes on each foot, not two. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Color change in chameleons has functions in social signaling and in reactions to temperature and other conditions, as well as in camouflage. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Invertebrates use colour for camouflage, warning and defence, but mantises and crickets still fall prey to slow-moving chameleons. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When confronted with a potential threat, chameleons rotate their slender bodies to the opposite side of their perch to avoid detection. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The position of an image on the retina is the primary means by which chameleons judge distance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. All chameleons have a natural colour range with which they are born, and is dictated by their species. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Endemic species include a large number of chameleons and other reptiles. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Like all chameleons, this species hunts by firing its elongated sticky tongue at prey with incredible speed. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Most birds and lizards (except chameleons) have monocular vision. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Parthenogenetic species are suspected to occur among chameleons, agamids, xantusiids, and typhlopids. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Female veiled chameleons can produce up to three clutches of eggs a year, beginning as early as four to six months of age. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Chameleons also couple to photons, allowing photons and chameleons to oscillate between each other in the presence of an external magnetic field. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Facts to them are the liveliest of chameleons... From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The lifestyle is close to that of the chameleons. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She can blend into her surroundings and turn invisible, although in reality, that is a popular misconception about chameleons. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They are often incorrectly referred to as chameleons because of their ability to slightly change color, but they are not related to true chameleons. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Small vertebrates may also been taken regularly, including lizards, chameleons, small snakes, small mammals (especially rodents) and bird eggs and nestlings. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Chameleons, geckos, tortoises, crabs, dik-dik (mini gazelle-like animals), striped lizards, monitor lizards and hyrax (looks like a rabbit without ears and is the closest living species to the elephant). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Corneal accommodation however can be coupled, depending on the chameleon's step in the predation sequence, coupled vision meaning the eyes independently focus on the same object. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. One strategy to search experimentally for chameleons is to direct photons into a cavity, confining the chameleons produced, and then to switch off the light source. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Zygodactyly by definition, on the other hand, involves digits 1 and 4 opposing digits 2 and 3, while chameleons do not exhibit this arrangement in either front of hind limbs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The various species are largely arboreal, and have primitively fleshy, non-prehensile tongues, some even have scales, but this condition is obviously highly modified in the chameleons. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Many people die in the crash while others end up having to run for their lives after they are attacked on the ground by near-invisible humanoids they christen chameleons. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A direct parallel would be to create military camouflage fabrics that vary their colours and patterns to match their environments, just as chameleons and cephalopods do. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A quantitative study of the optic nerve of the chameleon. All that remains are striped hyenas, spur-heeled tortoises, the occasional wolf, various species of skink lizzards and chameleons, semi-domesticated dogs and cats, as well as geese and poultry. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Their cryptic coloration and apparent ability to freeze or sway gently, as chameleons do, like a twig on a tree (hence the name), makes them hard to spot. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In contrast to the figures of turtles and their symbolism, two chameleons can be found at either side of the faade, and are symbolic of change. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Chameleon-like, he had changed his mind 20 years later. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can change the colour of my robe according to the subject matter, rather like a chameleon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not know what sort of political chameleon this is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, the operative word is "consultation", which has a chameleon-like character, as we all know. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have spoken about this strange creature with these chameleon-like propensities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Like a chameleon he can change from red to pink; pink to a neutral tint and back again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have been described as a chameleon with principles: we see which way history is going and get round in front of it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I arrived at the conclusion that his chameleon-like character in polities is founded upon a temperamental disability. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If he were an ordinary human mortal, such chameleon-like performances would pass unnoticed, but he is not an ordinary human mortal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Quite a number of people are being chameleon-like on the issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The second problem is that the word "business" is not a legal term of art, but it is an etymological chameleon, which means different things, depending on its context. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Well, we might do that, provided we knew what it was, but it is like the chameleon, which changes with every light that is thrown upon it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the latter event, the chameleon that has fallen off the fewest number of times is considered the winner. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The diet of this chameleon includes, but is not limited to, invertebrates such as large insects. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His choice of words, the formulations he uses even his tone of voice vary, chameleon-like, according to his audience. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The chameleon found that the earth was wide but not very dry. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Chameleon coatings are also often used on hypersonic and reusable launch vehicles that require lubrication in ambient atmosphere, vacuum (space), and during re-entry (high temperature). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Although zygodactyl is reasonably descriptive of chameleon foot anatomy, their foot structure does not resemble that of parrots, to which the term was first applied. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The approximately 160 species of chameleon come in a range of colors, and many species have the ability to change colors. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. With fossil evidence at about 26 million years old, it is the oldest known chameleon. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Therefore, the rotation of one eye informs the chameleon of the relative distances of different objects. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. While sight is primarily independent in the two chameleon eyes, the eye that first detects prey will guide accommodation in the other eye. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. To avoid detection by prey, a chameleon utilizes minimal head movement, made possible by nodal point separation. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The exact coloration and pattern of gravid females varies depending on the color phase of the chameleon. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A comparison of the retinae of juvenile and adult chameleons revealed that most of the growth-related expansion of the retina occurred at its periphery. The multihued chameleon just as readily suggests natural art. Chameleon-like, it seemed capable of changing from educational association to political organization and back before anyone could react. Chameleon readers: teaching children to appreciate all kinds of good stories. Our techniques should be chameleon-like, adaptable to both geography and chronology. He is a chameleon, able to move with ease from corn merchant to wine merchant to sugar merchant. The chameleon-like character of this motif pervades the whole piece. The external pressures on the ministry have necessitated such chameleon-like transformation as old policies became unsustainable and some of its power was eroded. Like a chameleon, he is able to change his colour and shade so as to match his surroundings and thus to avoid being recognized. Like a chameleon this book takes on a different colouring according to the background of its readers, but often its colouring is not protective but provocative. As with the comings and goings in other plays in various "house" or "room" scenes, however, the reader should never underestimate the flexibility of the chameleon open stage. With regard to the story of the chameleon and the lizard there were a great number of variations in the telling recorded throughout the nineteenth century. If his language, chameleon-like, adapts itself to the company he is in, does that not reduce all his avowals of love to her to mere compliance with expected norms? The actual amount of covered area given over to tarantulas, chameleons, white rabbits, pink rabbits and rabbits with floppy ears, is quite small. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even chameleons do not change their colours that quickly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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