lizard

来自拉丁语lacertus,蜥蜴，可能来自PIE*leq,弯，转，词源同leg.

lizard

lizard: [14] Lizard goes back to Latin lacertus or lacerta, words of unknown origin. It reached English via Old French lesard. The Latin word was used for ‘muscle’ as well as ‘lizard’, perhaps because the ripple of a muscle beneath the skin reminded people of a lizard’s movement (an exactly parallel development links mouse and muscle). And in heavily disguised form, owing to a detour via Arabic, alligator is the same word.
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lizard (n.)

"an animal resembling a serpent, with legs added to it" [Johnson], late 14c., lusarde, from Anglo-French lusard, Old French laisarde "lizard" (Modern French lézard), from Latin lacertus (fem. lacerta) "lizard," of unknown origin, perhaps from PIE root *leq- "to bend, twist" [Klein].

1. The slow-worm is in fact not a snake but a legless lizard.

蛇蜥其实不是蛇，而是无脚的蜥蜴。

2. The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect.

蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫.

3. But, of the vertebrates, unpredictable Nature selected only snakes ( and one lizard ).

但是, 在脊椎动物中, 神秘莫测的大自然只选择了蛇 ( 和一种蜥蜴 ).

4. Confident in its camouflage, being the same colour as the rocks, the lizard stands still when it feels danger.

由于和岩石颜色一样，蜥蜴对自己的保护色充满信心；遇到危险时，它便一动不动。

5. In the lizard, a muscular septum partially divides the ventricle.

在虫蜴中, 肌肉质的隔膜把心室部分地隔开.