toad / toʊd /

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toad 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.Compare frog.
  2. Also called true toad . a toad of the widespread and chiefly terrestrial family Bufonidae, having relatively short hind legs used in hopping and often having at the shoulders swellings containing glands that, along with the skin, secrete an irritating fluid in defense.Compare frog.
  3. any of various toadlike animals, as certain lizards.
  4. a person or thing as an object of disgust or aversion.

toad 近义词

n. 名词 noun

amphibian

更多toad例句

  1. Female toads measured on average about 34 percent shorter on Mauritius and 26 percent shorter on Réunion.
  2. Island toads were quite a bit smaller than the roughly 7-centimeter-long toads in Durban.
  3. Another possibility is the toads are smaller due to a dietary deficiency, or maybe the climate isn’t quite right for the toads to reach full size.
  4. Some snakes eat toads by politely swallowing the creatures whole.
  5. In 2018, he discovered bombardier beetles can force toads to vomit them back up.
  6. In May, the head of Guerreros Unidos, Mario Casarrubias Salgado, aka the Beautiful Toad, was arrested.
  7. Not every estate owner was responsible; inheritance often entailed no more business sense than a Bertie Wooster or Mr. Toad.
  8. It is a combination of the words cesso (toilet) and rospo (toad).
  9. In the old days every great man kept a toad-eater; sometimes his functions were highly paid—Wolff's are, I fancy.
  10. The thick torso of a man who squatted like a toad could be seen partly emerging from the shrubs.
  11. Tressan was ugly as a toad, the most absurd, ridiculous bridegroom that ever led woman to the altar.
  12. His face was, moreover, mottled with dusky spots, so that he reminded the spectator of a frog or a toad.
  13. The venomous old toad made a supreme effort and whispered, "Suppose she should die?"