“crocodilian”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

crocodilian

释义

crocodilian, a. and n.|krɒkəˈdɪlɪən|
Also 7–9 -ean.
[f. L. crocodīl-us + -ian.]
A. adj.
†1. Like a crocodile; making a hypocritical show of grief; treacherous. Obs.
1632Lithgow Trav. x. (1682) 454 The Soul-betraying Tears of her Crocodilean Sex.1635Quarles Embl. i. iv. (1818) 27 O what a crocodilian world is this, Compos'd of treach'ries, and insnaring wiles.
2. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, a crocodile; belonging to the crocodile family of reptiles.
1836Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 601/1 The crocodilian family.1890Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. May 284 An undoubtedly crocodilian jaw.
B. n. An animal of the crocodile family.
1837W. Buckland Geol. I. 251 note, The modern broad-nosed Crocodileans.1870A. L. Adams Nile Valley & Malta 129 [Fossil] jaws of undetermined crocodilians.

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