tortoiselike

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a tortoise; thus frequently slow or unhurried
    — With a bland touch and tortoiselike patience, he recorded arrangements of one or more bodies in drowsy repose surrounded by rugs, blankets and furniture.

词形变化

more tortoiselike comparative most tortoiselike superlative tortoise-like alternative

词汇关系

反义词
untortoiselike

词源

Etymology tree
English tortoise
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -like
English -like
English tortoiselike
From tortoise + -like.
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