tuatara
英 [,tuːə'tɑːrə]
美[,tʊə'tɑrə]
- n. 大蜥蜴（产于新西兰）
英英释义
- 1. only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand
实用场景例句
- The tuatara of New Zealand is the only extant rhynchocephalian.
- 纽西兰的蜥蜴为目前硕果仅存的喙头类动物.
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双语例句
- 1. The tuatara of New Zealand is the only extant rhynchocephalian.
- 纽西兰的蜥蜴为目前硕果仅存的喙头类动物.
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- 2. Tuatara once ranged throughout New Zealand before rats, cats, and stoats - introduced by human colonizers - wiped them out.
- 据殖民者们介绍说,大蜥蜴以前遍布新西兰,直到老鼠 、 猫和白鼬把它们挤掉.
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英文词源
- tuatara (n.)
- New Zealand lizard, 1844, from Maori, from tua "on the back" + tara "spine."