tortoiseshell

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The horny, translucent, mottled covering of the carapace of the hawksbill turtle, used as a veneer etc. uncountable,usually
  2. The hawksbill turtle. uncountable,usually
  3. A domestic cat (or a rabbit, guinea-pig, etc.) whose fur has black, brown and yellow markings. uncountable,usually
  4. Any of several butterflies, mostly of the genera Nymphalis and Aglais that have similar markings. uncountable,usually
    — Other common farmland butterflies to have suffered steep declines include the small tortoiseshell (64%), the wall brown (37%) and the large skipper (35%).
形容词 adj.
  1. Made of the covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle. not-comparable
  2. Having markings resembling covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle. not-comparable
    — Speaking of round sunglasses, these lightweight polarized ones and come in two shades of tortoiseshell as well as black and bronze.

词形变化

tortoiseshells plural

词汇关系

衍生词
large tortoiseshell small tortoiseshell torbie tortoise-shell bamboo tortoiseshell bracket tortoiseshell cat

词源

词源 1
From tortoise + shell.
词源 2
From tortoise + shell.
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