英语词源
- chamelion
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chamelion: [14] Etymologically, a chamelion is a ‘ground lion’. The word comes from Greek khamailéōn, a compound formed from khamaí ‘on the ground’ (English humus and humble are related to it) and léōn ‘lion’. Until the 19th century the word was usually spelled camelion, which led to popular association of the first element with camel; this is turn encouraged an identification with camelopard, a now obsolete word for ‘giraffe’, and in the 14th and 15th centuries camelion was used for ‘giraffe’.
=> humble, humus, lion
权威例句
- 1. Like a chameleon, he could merge unobtrusively into the background.
- 他就像一条变色龙，可以神不知鬼不觉地隐藏在背景中间。
- 2. The chameleon changes colour to match its surroundings.
- 变色龙变换颜色以适应环境.
- 3. The chameleon adapts to its surroundings by changing color.
- 变色蜥蜴用变色来适应环境.
- 4. The chameleon's skin replicates the pattern of its surroundings.
- 变色龙的皮肤可随环境的模式而改变颜色.
- 5. Anna: It changed colours, like chameleon, it uses the jungle.
- 安娜: 它会变色, 像变色龙同样, 用丛林作掩护.