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Amphibious Land Animals Adj 形容词 Assault Vehicle Live

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
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[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]
  • A third brigade is at sea, ready for an amphibious assault.

    还有一个旅已在海上待命,准备两栖进攻。

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[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]
  • ...an amphibious landing craft which can carry helicopters and up to 2,000 troops.

    能运送直升机和多达两千人的部队的水陆两用登陆艇

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[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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