【amphibian】 - A-level备考词汇

amphibian

UK:  [æm'fɪbiən]

US:  [æm'fɪbiən]

复数：amphibians  

n.

1.两栖动物[植物]

2.〔生〕两栖类

3.两栖工具

4.水陆两用飞机[战车]

5.双重性格的人

adj.

1.两栖类的

2.两栖的

1 . But beneath the surface, they're even weirder: Olms can live for 100 years, far longer than any other amphibian.
抛开它人肉一样的肤色不说，更令人惊奇的是：它们能活100岁之久，这远远超过了其他两栖动物的寿命。

2 . In more than 200 years of [amphibian research] this has never been reported.
在超过两百年的两栖动物研究历史中，这从未被报告过。

3 . "All the old people & the old places, they make me feel like an amphibian detained forcibly on dry land, very very dry land, " he wrote.
他写道：“净是些旧面孔和老地方，我感觉自己像一只被迫留在干枯陆地上的两栖动物，而且是非常非常干枯的陆地。”

4 . Until now though, researchers did not realise that amphibian larva might also produce sounds underwater.
不过直到现在，研究者才认识到两栖动物的幼仔可能也会在水下发出声音。

5 . Scientists believed it was probably a victim of the deadly chytrid fungus that has devastated amphibian populations around the world.
科学家们推测它们应该是当时席卷整个两栖动物世界致命的蛙壶病菌的牺牲品。