| 英语单词 | amphibious |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [æm'fɪbiəs] 美 [æm'fɪbiəs] |
| 中文释义 | adj.具有双重性的;[生物]两栖的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) They proposed a heavy and concentrated amphibious assault. (2) At last I found this amphibious creature. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他们计划进行一次猛烈而集中的两栖攻击。 (2) 最后我找到了这个两栖动物。 |
| vocabulary简明 | If you can drive your car down the highway and then go off road and ford a few rivers, too, you've got an amphibious vehicle — something that works on land and in the water, too. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Amphibious also describes animals that can live on land or in the water — like frogs and toads — and comes from the Greek roots amphi "both" and bios "life." Military operations where both your army and your navy are involved — one attacking by land and the other by sea — are called amphibious assaults or amphibious operations. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ 形容词](军事行动)两栖作战的 In an amphibious military operation, army and navy forces attack a place from the sea. [ADJ n]
2 [ADJ 形容词](车辆)水陆两用的 An amphibious vehicle is able to move on both land and water. [ADJ n]
3 [ADJ 形容词](动物)水陆两栖的 Amphibious animals are animals such as frogs and toads that can live both on land and in water. |
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