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Amphiscians的意思
Amphiscians
[æm'fiʃiənz; æm'fiʃii]
- n. [复数][古语]热带居民，热带民族
英文词源
- Amphiscians (n.)
- 1620s, from Medieval Latin Amphiscii, from Greek amphiskioi "inhabitants of the tropics," literally "throwing a shadow both ways," from amphi- "on both sides" (see amphi-) + skia "shadow" (see shine (v.)). Inhabitants of torrid zones, so called because they are "people whose shadow is sometimes to the North, and sometimes to the South" [Cockerham, 1623].
双语例句
- 1. The skin of amphibians is permeable to water.
- 两栖动物的皮肤是透水的。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. Two amphibians ferry them out over the sands.
- 两辆水陆两用车把他们渡过沙滩.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Amphibians live partly in water and partly on land.
- 两栖动物有时生活在水中,有时生活在陆上.
来自辞典例句
- 4. The main groups of vertebrates are: fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
- 脊椎动物的主要种类是鱼类, 两栖动物, 爬行动物, 鸟类和哺乳动物.
来自辞典例句
- 5. In birds, reptiles and many amphibians there is only one ossicle.
- 鸟类 、 爬行动物和许多两栖动物只有一块听小骨.
来自辞典例句