tadpole

• n. 蝌蚪

来自 tadde,蟾蜍，词源同 toad,pol,头，词源同 poll.引申词义蝌蚪。

tadpole

tadpole: [15] A tadpole is etymologically a ‘toad-head’. The word was coined from Middle English tadde ‘toad’ and pol ‘head’ (ancestor of modern English poll ‘voting’, historically a counting of ‘heads’). Tadpoles, with their moonlike faces appearing to take up about half of their small globular bodies, seem rather like animated heads.
=> poll, toad

tadpole (n.)

mid-15c., from tadde "toad" (see toad) + pol "head" (see poll (n.)).

1. A tadpole transforms into a frog.

蝌蚪会变成青蛙.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. A few days after the eggs are laid, young frogs which are called tadpole come out of them.

卵产下几天以后, 称为蝌蚪的青蛙幼虫就从卵里出来了.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. As a tadpole changes into a frog, its tail is gradually absorbed.

蝌蚪变成蛙, 它的尾巴就逐渐被吸收掉.

来自辞典例句

4. The tadpole is the larva of the frog.

蝌蚪是蛙的幼体.

来自辞典例句

5. What would we do if this patient were not just a tadpole?

要是这病人不是蝌蚪我们怎么办?

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