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ridley

/rid-lee/US // ˈrɪd li //UK // (ˈrɪdlɪ) //

雷德利,雷德莱,雷德里,脊柱

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural rid·leys.

    • : Also called Atlantic ridley, bastard ridley, bastard turtle. a gray sea turtle, Lepidochelys kempii, of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America, about 24 inches long, previously thought to be a hybrid of the loggerhead and green turtles: an endangered species.
    • : Also called olive ridley, Pacific ridley. an olive-colored sea turtle, L. olivacea, similar to L. kempii, inhabiting tropical waters of the Indian, Pacific, and South Atlantic oceans: threatened or endangered throughout its range.

Examples

  • When the Great Reef Census resumes in October, Ridley says, tourists will be able to take part via a range of reef tour and dive companies by taking photos of the reef and submitting them online.

  • Ridley and most of the kids were thrilled when their school district started in-person classes again in mid-February, even her 10-year old daughter who used to hate getting up for school.

  • While Telanda Ridley was working full-time as a housekeeping supervisor at an Atlanta hotel, her five children, ages 10 to 17, were in charge of themselves and one another.

  • Just as scientists know how to map the likely path of tornadoes and hurricanes, Ridley hopes to see the same capabilities for predicting space weather.

  • Ridley, though, had an idea how to fix the problem, and his solution is commonly used on aircraft today.

  • So, for that matter, was Gladiator, the previous foray into ancient legend by director Ridley Scott.

  • When it came to shooting the famous parting of the Red Sea, Ridley Scott elected to show a tsunami splitting the waters.

  • When Ridley Scott was at the end of the phone, then of course I jumped at that opportunity.

  • Biographer Jane Ridley has written of Edward VII, “He spied on Bertie, he whipped him, he treated him as a patient.”

  • If ABC picks up the show, Ridley will make history once more as one of only a handful of black showrunners on a major network.

  • The mention by Hogarth of Ridley and Latimer they considered irrelevant; their fathers' heroic mood was a detail: not an entail.

  • After the death of Latimer and Ridley, Cranmer was degraded and deprived.

  • Ridley's affectionate farewell on that occasion to George Shipside and his wife will not be forgotten.

  • Ridley was led to the stake in 1555, at which time the above George Shipside was just thirty years of age.

  • The first of these which I discovered was in the little churchyard of Ridley in Kent, "far from the haunts of men."