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reptile

/rep-til, -tahyl/US // ˈrɛp tɪl, -taɪl //UK // (ˈrɛptaɪl) //

爬行动物,爬虫类,爬虫,爬虫动物

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
    • : any of various animals that crawl or creep.
    • : a groveling, mean, or despicable person.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or resembling a reptile; creeping or crawling.
    • : groveling, mean, or despicable.

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Examples

  • The human Murphy did a lot of work early in his career on Komodo dragons and later published a book on reptile play behavior, using observations from the National Zoo’s Komodo dragons.

  • With the “massive smell of reptile” in there they may steer clear, he says.

  • For decades, the invasive reptiles have slithered up trees to feast upon the forest birds of Guam.

  • The next year, while conducting reptile and amphibian surveys in roughly the same region, Fulgence found three more of the spiders hiding in similar leaf retreats.

  • The reptiles weren’t hurt, just so cold that they couldn’t move and lost their grip.

  • The new film ignored all previous sequels and put the giant reptile at the center of a cold war nuclear standoff.

  • Even reptile experts are puzzled, Christine Pelisek reports.

  • A reptile hatching from an egg must not cry out for its mother, or else it will be readily detected by predators and eaten.

  • In 1915 Thorpe started also playing and coaching the “reptile sport” of professional football in Canton, Ohio.

  • Pedestrians would take turtles for walks and let the reptile set the pace.

  • While searching the field Lawrence noticed some white object crawling along like a large reptile.

  • If you value your life, and that of your mother and her husband, avoid him as you would some venomous reptile.

  • It is much more distinguished and honorable to be a reptile than a dog, dont you think, Soldier?

  • The reptile only seemed to await a motion on Clifford's part to strike like a flash of lightning.

  • He left the guards at the fringes of his engineers' forest and rode the eight-legged reptile recklessly among the huge trunks.