tortoiseshell

[美國]/'tɔ:təsʃel/
[英國]/ˈtɔrtɪsˌʃɛl/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

n. 龜甲;龜板;玳瑁殼家貓蛺蝶
詞形
第三人稱單數tortoiseshells
複數tortoiseshells

短語搭配

tortoiseshell cat

龜背貓

tortoiseshell pattern

龜甲紋樣式

例句

an elaborate inlay of tortoiseshell, ivory, and metal

精緻的龜殼、象牙和金屬鑲嵌物

She owns a beautiful tortoiseshell cat.

她養了一隻漂亮的虎斑貓。

The antique shop sells a variety of tortoiseshell jewelry pieces.

這家古董店出售各種各樣的龜甲首飾。

I found a tortoiseshell comb at the flea market.

我在跳蚤市場找到了一把龜殼梳子。

Tortoiseshell glasses are back in fashion.

龜殼眼鏡又流行起來了。

The old tortoiseshell mirror reflected her image back at her.

舊的龜甲鏡子反射出她的影像。

He plays a tortoiseshell guitar in the band.

他在樂隊裏彈着一把龜殼吉他。

The artist used tortoiseshell as a material for his sculpture.

這位藝術家用龜甲作爲雕塑的材料。

Tortoiseshell hair accessories are popular among young women.

龜殼髮飾在年輕女性中很受歡迎。

The antique clock had a tortoiseshell inlay on its face.

這架古董鐘面上有龜甲嵌飾。

She admired the intricate design of the tortoiseshell box.

她欣賞龜殼盒子的複雜設計。

原聲例句

Like Hoffman he was dark-complexioned, wore tortoiseshell spectacles, and drove a Ford Sedan.

像霍夫曼一樣,他的膚色黝黑,戴着一副玳瑁眼鏡,開着一輛福特轎車。

來源: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 3

They were inscribed on pieces of tortoiseshell and fragments of bone.

它們被刻在龜甲和骨頭碎片上。

來源: If national treasures could speak.

So at the minute, these are my favorite, some tortoiseshell Chanel.

所以目前,這些是我最喜歡的,一些玳瑁香奈兒。

來源: Celebrity Unboxing记

The cigarettes were in a cheap Chinese or Japanese case of imitation tortoiseshell.

香菸裝在一個廉價的中國或日本仿龜殼盒中。

來源: Goodbye, My Love (Part 2)

In the doorway stood the maid. She held a big tortoiseshell cat pressed tight against her and swung down against her body.

女侍者站在門口,懷裏緊緊抱着一隻大花斑貓,她鬆開手把貓放下來。

來源: Selected Short Stories of Hemingway

But it could be tinted and patterned to mimic more expensive materials like coral, tortoiseshell, amber, and mother-of-pearl.

但它可以着色和圖案化,以模仿更昂貴的材料,如珊瑚、龜甲、琥珀和珍珠母。

來源: TED-Ed (video version)

It was made of embroidered silk, a dragon on each side, a frame of imitation tortoiseshell so thin it was hardly there at all.

它是用繡花絲綢做的, 兩邊各有一條龍, 仿龜甲的鏡框薄得幾乎看不出來。

來源: Goodbye, My Love (Part 1)

Despite the hour, she was dressed as if for a wedding, in a raspberry pink duster coat, a red pillbox hat, and huge tortoiseshell sunglasses that obscured her tiny, wrinkled face.

儘管時間緊迫, 她還是穿着彷彿參加婚禮的衣服,穿着覆盆子粉色的撣子外套, 紅色的藥盒帽, 巨大的玳瑁太陽鏡遮住了她佈滿皺紋的小臉。

來源: Still Me (Me Before You #3)

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