tortoiseshell是什么意思？

tortoiseshell

英[ˈtɔ:təsʃel] 美[ˈtɔrtəsʃel]

• n. 龟甲，龟板，玳瑁壳，（毛色为黄褐黑白相间的）家猫；

复数：tortoiseshells;

例句

• an elaborate inlay of tortoiseshell, ivory, and metal 精致的龟壳、象牙和金属镶嵌物
• Down in the street a tortoiseshell cat was chasing a dead leaf, " etc. " 街道上一只 龟甲 色的猫正在追逐一片枯叶.
• Beautiful combs, pure tortoiseshell, with jewels set in - just the colour to wear in her beautiful hair. 多么好看的梳子, 纯玳瑁做的,镶著铢宝, 颜色恰好配上她那美丽的头发.
• A tropical sea turtle ( Eretmochelys imbricata ) valued as a source of tortoiseshell. 玳瑁被看作是龟甲的来源之一的热带海洋中一种海龟 ( 玳瑁玳瑁属 )
• He wears huge spectacles with thick tortoiseshell frames. 他戴着玳瑁粗框大眼镜。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  龟甲;玳瑁壳
  Tortoiseshell is the hard shell of a kind of sea turtle. It is brown and yellow in colour and is often polished and used to make jewellery and ornaments.
• ADJ
  龟甲做的;仿玳瑁的
  Tortoiseshell means made of tortoiseshell or made of a material which resembles tortoiseshell.
  例句
  He wears huge spectacles with thick tortoiseshell frames. 他戴着玳瑁粗框大眼镜。
• N-COUNT
  (翅膀呈棕色和橘黄色的)蛱蝶
  A tortoiseshell is a butterfly with brown and orange wings.

英汉词典释义

• n.
  龟甲;龟板;玳瑁壳
  an elaborate inlay of tortoiseshell, ivory, and metal 精致的龟壳、象牙和金属镶嵌物

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles
  2. brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles
  3. a cat having black and cream and yellowish markings