單詞
caiman
英 ['ke?m?n]
美['kem?n]
基本信息
- n. [脊椎] 凱門鱷（等于cayman）；（美洲熱帶所產之）鱷魚
詞態變化
復數:?caimans;
中文詞源
caiman 凱門鱷
來自加勒比海地區土著語言。
英文詞源
- caiman (n.)
- also cayman, 1570s, from Portuguese or Spanish caiman, from Carib acayouman "crocodile," or perhaps from a Congo African word applied to the reptiles in the new world by African slaves. "The name appears to be one of those like anaconda and bom, boma, which the Portuguese or Spaniards very early caught up in one part of the world, and naturalized in another." [OED]
雙語例句
- 1. A crocodilian reptile, such as an alligator , a caiman, or a gavial.
- 鱷類動物鱷類爬行動物, 如短吻鱷 、 凱門鱷或長吻鱷.
來自互聯網
- 2. During an autopsy, one dead caiman was found to have a large hook in its stomach.
- 某次尸檢發現, 一頭死亡的凱門鱷的胃里發現一把大魚鉤.
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