(noun.) any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming.
(verb.) hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation.
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双语例句
It was cooked and eaten by several persons, who said it was quite fresh and good, and had the flavor of fresh turtle. 威廉K.戴维.智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
Nor did Dobbin try and convince him that Amelia's happiness was not centred in turtle-soup. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
Finally I said, This is a fraud--that is what it is, it is a fraud--and if I had had any sense I might have known a cursed mud-turtle couldn't sing. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
Mock turtle soup, bought ready made from a confectioner’s shop in Oxford street, Jan. 威廉K.戴维.智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
George pooh-poohed the wine and bullied the waiters royally, and Jos gobbled the turtle with immense satisfaction. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
He was just in the act of throwing a clod at a mud-turtle which was sunning itself on a small log in the brook. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
That object is, to be fed on turtle soup and venison with a gold spoon. 查尔斯·狄更斯.艰难时事.
Some raw, fresh turtle came quite fresh. 威廉K.戴维.智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
At my own house I had turtle cutlets fried; they were perfectly good, and tasted like turtle. 威廉K.戴维.智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
But in vain he cried out against the enormity of turtle and champagne that was fit for an archbishop. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
You don't expect to be set up in a coach and six, and to be fed on turtle soup and venison, with a gold spoon, as a good many of 'em do! 查尔斯·狄更斯.艰难时事.
Mate that turtle, Mr. Moore. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
They adopt a totem or symbol of the family and this is generally some animal, the turtle, bear and wolf being favorites. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
I see traces of the turtle soup, and venison, and gold spoon in this. 查尔斯·狄更斯.艰难时事.
Jos said, with great solemnity, it was the best turtle soup he had ever tasted in his life, and asked Mr. Osborne where he got his Madeira. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
Another division was the crocodile branch, and another developed towards the tortoises and turtles. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Only the crocodiles and the turtles and tortoises carry on in any quantity into Cainozoic times. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.