terrapins
英 [ˈtɛrəpɪnz]
美
n. 水龟(生活在北美温带江河湖泊中)
terrapin的复数
柯林斯词典
- 水龟
A terrapin is a reptile which has a thick shell covering its body and which lives partly in water and partly on land.
双语例句
- During the 1980s craze for these cartoon characters, many children bought cute baby red-eared terrapins, two centimetres long, as pets.
这些卡通角色在1980年代风靡一时，当年许多儿童都买两厘米长的可爱的红耳水龟宝宝作为宠物。 - But as the babies grew, and fashions changed, the terrapins were abandoned in rivers and lakes across Britain.
但随着龟宝宝长大，以及饲养宠物的风潮改变，这些水龟被遗弃在英国各地的河流或湖泊里。