tortoiseshells是什么意思？

tortoiseshells

• n. 龟甲( tortoiseshell的名词复数 )，龟板，玳瑁壳，（毛色为黄褐黑白相间的）家猫；

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.