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newt

/noot, nyoot/US // nut, nyut //UK // (njuːt) //

蝾螈,纽特,蝾螺,蚖虫

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of several brilliantly colored salamanders of the family Salamandridae, especially those of the genera Triturus and Notophthalmus, of North America, Europe, and northern Asia.
    • : any of various other small salamanders.

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Examples

  • These rough-skinned newts appear to borrow the poison to avoid becoming some snake’s lunch.

  • It turned out that poisonous newts had more Pseudomonas on their skin than did rough-skinned newts from Idaho that aren’t toxic.

  • The new data do not necessarily “shut the book” on the idea that newts can produce TTX, says Charles Hanifin.

  • It’s possible that Pseudomonas bacteria have become more abundant on newts over time.

  • This is more exciting than the Newt Gingrich congressional triumph of 1994.

  • He tried to pass healthcare reform but Newt Gingrich and the GOP-controlled House and Senate shot it down.

  • This was done masterfully by Newt Gingrich in the debate before the South Carolina primary.

  • Appearances mostly occurred in crime novels like “Bondage and boyflesh” by Newt Jennings.

  • As you might guess, Newt is decidedly one of the people to which these agencies cater.

  • It was only the day before that he pulled a newt by its tail just to see if the tail would really come off in his hand.

  • Newt's eyes blazed evilly at the words, but he only clamped his mouth tighter.

  • In the field at Newt Spooner's back a meadow-lark was madly trying to burst his pulsating throat with the flood of golden joy.

  • Eyes turned curiously on the shambling derelict, but the only expression on Newt's face was one of surly defiance to the world.

  • She was unlike any woman Newt Spooner had ever known; unlike any of the "gals" back in the mountains.