tortoises

英 [ˈtɔːtəsɪz]

美 [ˈtɔrtəsəz]

n.  陆龟; 龟
tortoise的复数

柯林斯词典

• 陆龟;(乌)龟
  Atortoiseis a slow-moving animal with a shell into which it can pull its head and legs for protection.

双语例句

• Very large tortoises of the Galapagos and Seychelles islands.
  产于加拉帕哥斯和塞舌尔群岛的非常大龟。
• Land tortoises fresh water, and marine turtles all need our help and consideration if they are to survive as species.
  无论是海龟、水龟还是陆生的各种龟，如果要有机会作为一个物种而存活下来，必须得到人类的保护和帮助。
• There are plenty of collections of bones from animals such as reindeer, horses, bison and mammoths that are associated with Neanderthals, but few remains of rabbits or tortoises.
  在有尼人的地方总是收藏有大量来自驯鹿、、牛、犸的兽骨，却很少有小动物，比如兔或龟的残骸。
• That night, he told him some fantastic stories about wise tortoises and mountains, about pearls and ashes.
  那天晚上，他向儿子讲起了聪明的乌龟和高山，以及珍珠和灰烬的神奇故事。
• They include giant land tortoises with shells shaped by how they feed on the individual islands where they live;
  就比如说加拉帕戈斯海龟，它们在不同岛屿食物链的差异直接决定它们龟壳的形状和大小；
• The business value of a message might be long-lived or it may vanish in seconds ( tortoises and hares).
  消息的业务价值可能是长期存在的，或者可能在数秒内消失（好比乌龟和兔子）。
• Land turtles, or tortoises, are slow-moving animals, so they usually have especially strong, tight shells to protect them from enemies.
  陆地龟，或者叫旱乌龟，是动作缓慢的动物，所以，它们通常有特别坚硬结实的龟板保护它们，避免敌人的伤害。
• In rocky areas of Africa, some tortoises have flexible shells.
  在非洲的岩石区域内，有的旱乌龟的龟板十分灵活。
• Lonesome George, believed to be the last of the Pinta giant tortoises, a sub-species of Galapagos tortoise, died in the Galapagos Islands, the Daily Mail reported.
  据英国《每日邮报》报道，孤独的乔治在加拉帕戈斯群岛辞世。乔治是它所属加拉帕戈斯象龟的亚种&平塔巨龟的最后一只。
• At a 12,000-year-old burial site in northern Israel, archaeologists found the remains of at least 71 tortoises and two wild cattle in specially built hollows in a cave.
  在以色列北边一个有着1万2千年历史的墓址里，考古学家在一个山洞中特别挖出的凹地里发现了至少71只乌龟和2只野牛的残骸。