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Reptiles Crocodiles Cold Blooded Class Animals Snakes 英 Reptaɪl] 美

英语单词 reptile
英美音标 英 ['reptaɪl] 美 ['reptaɪl]
中文释义 n.爬行动物;卑鄙的人
adj.爬虫类的
英语例句 (1) Snakes and crocodiles are reptiles.
(2) Strictly speaking,a slow-worm is a kind of reptile.
(3) This creature can be subsumed in the class of reptile.
(4) The land is teeming with reptile life.
中文例句 (1) 蛇和鳄鱼都是爬行动物。
(2) 严格地说,蛇晰是一种爬行动物。
(3) 这种生物可以归入爬行动物一类.
(4) 这片土地多爬行动物。
vocabulary简明 A reptile is one of those mostly scaly and slimy animals that are cold-blooded and have backbones. Lizards and turtles? Yep — both reptiles. Puppies and kittens? No way.
vocabulary扩展 There are many classes of animals. People are part of the mammal class. Another class is reptiles, which are all cold-blooded vertebrates (meaning they have backbones). Snakes, salamanders, frogs, turtles, and crocodiles are all reptiles. You'll see plenty of reptiles at the zoo, and you'll see replicas of some at a natural history museum — since dinosaurs were reptiles.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]爬行动物 Reptiles are a group of cold-blooded animals which have skins covered with small hard plates called scales and lay eggs. Snakes, lizards, and crocodiles are reptiles.

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