Tortoise
[ 'tɔːrtəs ]
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n. 乌龟;行动迟缓的人（或物）;
💡 词根助记
tort扭+o+ise名词后缀→乌龟的脚是扭曲的 → 乌龟
📝 例句
Julia scowled at her jewelled tortoise.
这时朱莉娅怒视着那只嵌着钻石的乌龟。
He had slept, and the tortoise had won the race.
乌龟跑到了终点，而他却在那里睡大觉。
The tortoise is very happy.
当然了，他也邀请了his tortoise friend.
The tortoise crept along at an agonizingly slow speed.
那只乌龟以让人难受的慢速度爬行着。
The tortoise plodded on.
乌龟用沉重辛勤的步伐前进。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ 谐音“掏得死”:把龟从壳里掏出来它得死
※ toto-著名的厨卫用品品牌,rise-升起:有只乌龟在TOTO马桶上升起来
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-tort-表示“扭”
常见变体有-tour-
📖 牛津释义
tortoise
n
slow-moving four-footed reptile with a hard shell 陆龟; 龟.
🔁 扩展释义
*['tɒ:tәs]n. 龟, 行动迟缓的人
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I insist on taking proper food for this expedition. The men often fall ill and suffer fever, so I have decided to take live animals.
我坚持认为，这次探险要携带合适的食物。水手经常生病发烧，因此我决定带活的动物。
It is also useful for sending pictures, designs, maps and so on.
传真机也可以用来发送图片、地图等。
Don't tell me that all this is because of a photograph taken when I was twelve.
别跟我说，所有这一切都是因为我12岁时拍的一张照片。