amphibian

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 ăm'fĭb"ĭ-ən

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An animal of the Amphibia; any vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, living both on land and in water.
  2. A vehicle which can operate on both land and water.
  3. A person with two distinct characters, qualities or identities. uncommon
    — The prime exemplar of such a cast of mind must be Johann Ladislas Pyrker, a definite amphibian and ‘Austro-Hungarian’ in his literary and in his public life. The son of another estate bailiff in Transdanubia, Pyrker became successively a Hungarian official, an Austrian monk and at length a fairly worldly abbot at Lilienfeld, then a bishop in Hungary, patriarch of Venice, and archbishop in Hungary again.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or relating to the class Amphibia. not-comparable
  2. Capable of operating on both land and water; amphibious. not-comparable
  3. Having two natures. not-comparable,obsolete

词形变化

amphibians plural

词汇关系

近义词
amphibian
上位词
vertebrate animal
下位词
Batrachia batrachian batrachofauna †Labyrinthodontia †Lepospondyli Anura Caudata Gymnophiona Lissamphibia Salientia frog toad salamander newt
衍生词
amphibian helicopter amphibian species amphibian tank Memphibian amphibiankind amphibianlike amphibicide nonamphibian triphibian
相关词
amphi- Amphibia amphibiology amphibiotic amphibious amphibius bio- amphibole amphibology amphiboly batrachology herpetology :Category:Amphibians

词源

词源 1
Learned borrowing from Latin amphibius [from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios), from ἀμφίς (amphís, “of both kinds”) + βίος (bíos, “life”)] + -an.
词源 2
Learned borrowing from Latin amphibius [from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios), from ἀμφίς (amphís, “of both kinds”) + βίος (bíos, “life”)] + -an.
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