tripod

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈtɹaɪpɒd/    /ˈtɹaɪpɑd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A three-legged stand,mount or organism
    — Recent cell phones offer tripod attachments to take steady photographs.
  2. A fictional three-legged Martian war machine from H.G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1897).
  3. A man with macrophallism. slang
动词 v.
  1. To enter the tripod position showing signs of exhaustion or distress. intransitive
    — I tripodded after my 6-mile run.
  2. Of a lizard, to raise its body upright bracing itself on hind legs and tail. intransitive

词形变化

tripods plural tripods present,singular,third-person tripoding participle,present tripoded participle,past tripoded past

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词源

词源 1
PIE word
*tréyes
Borrowed from Latin tripūs, tripodis, from Ancient Greek τρίπους (trípous); equivalent to tri- + -pod. Doublet of tripus and teapoy.
词源 2
PIE word
*tréyes
Borrowed from Latin tripūs, tripodis, from Ancient Greek τρίπους (trípous); equivalent to tri- + -pod. Doublet of tripus and teapoy.
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