Crocodile

['krɒkədaɪl] or ['krɑkə'daɪl]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters.

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解釋/意思:

(n.) A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the Nile (C. vulgaris, or C. Niloticus). The Florida crocodile (C. Americanus) is much less common than the alligator and has longer jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other related genera, as the gavial and the alligator.

(n.) A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile.

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解釋/意思:

n. a genus of large amphibious saurian reptiles including the crocodile of the Nile and also the alligators and gavials.—adj. and n. Crocodil′ian.—n. Crocodil′ity captious arguing.—Crocodile tears affected tears hypocritical grief—from the old story that crocodiles (which have large lachrymal glands) shed tears over the hard necessity of killing animals for food.

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