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单词 tortoise
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tortoise
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtɔː.təs/us
/ˈtɔːr.t̬əs/
ananimalwith athick, hardshellthat it canmoveitsheadandlegsinto forprotection. Iteatsplants,movesveryslowly, andsleepsduring thewinter.
龟，陆龟
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(Definition oftortoisefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • A desert tortoise would not survive in a rainforest habitat.
  • A tortoise has a shell on its back.
  • Although most tortoises do not eat meat, their bodies do provide meat for others.
  • Baby tortoises especially are a favorite food for many other species.
  • If we are not careful, many tortoise species will disappear forever.
  • Its yellow shell has black spots, giving this tortoise its name.
  • Just like the tortoise, sea turtles are also suffering from falling numbers.
  • Many tortoise species are becoming endangered because of illegal trade.
  • People may not eat tortoises very often, but they do keep them as pets.
  • The tortoise beats the hare through patience and endurance.
  • This chain of islands is home to over 100,000 of these giant tortoises.
  • Tortoises move slowly because they have heavy, hard shells on their backs and short, fat legs.
  • Turtles and tortoises are two amazing, and quite different, species of reptile.
  • Turtles and tortoises have always held our fascination.
  • Turtles and tortoises have had a long relationship with humans.
  • Unlike many species of turtle, tortoises live only on land.

tortoise| American Dictionary

tortoise
noun[C]
us
/ˈtɔr·t̬əs/
aturtle,esp. one thatlivesonly onland
(Definition oftortoisefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftortoise

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She mistakes a sleepingtortoisefor a rock and puts food and plates on the back of thetortoise.
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When thetortoisewas automatically released from the charger, it would once again be repelled by the lamp, and would leave the hutch.
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However, the real significance of the tortoises goes well beyond their biological inspiration.
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An additional factor is that two tortoises from the 1951 batch have survived, and both have recently been put on public display.
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Why does food niche overlap of tortoises and vipers increase with progressive degeneration of forest habitat?
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Uncompletedtortoise-shaped stele bases can still be found there.
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The cat family looks for the food and finds out that the ' rock ' is in fact atortoise.
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Only 1 type of ectoparasite, a placobdellid leech, was found on anytortoisespecies examined during this study.
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I keep hearing people say "tortoise" to rhyme with "boys".
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In order to understand how the tortoises worked, it is probably best to start with the mechanical design.
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Consider the deserttortoisethat automatically moves toward anything green.
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A major subsistence focus was the collection oftortoise.
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Thetortoise\\turtle doesn't want to hurt them.
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The hare, thetortoiseand the crocodile: the ecology of angiosperm dominance, conifer persistence and fern filtering.
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One quirk of the tortoises' circuitry was that, as the batteries became exhausted, the gain of the amplifiers decreased.
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