• n. 蝌蚪

來自 tadde,蟾蜍，詞源同 toad,pol,頭，詞源同 poll.引申詞義蝌蚪。

tadpole

tadpole: [15] A tadpole is etymologically a ‘toad-head’. The word was coined from Middle English tadde ‘toad’ and pol ‘head’ (ancestor of modern English poll ‘voting’, historically a counting of ‘heads’). Tadpoles, with their moonlike faces appearing to take up about half of their small globular bodies, seem rather like animated heads.
=> poll, toad

tadpole (n.)

mid-15c., from tadde "toad" (see toad) + pol "head" (see poll (n.)).

1. A tadpole transforms into a frog.

蝌蚪會變成青蛙.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. A few days after the eggs are laid, young frogs which are called tadpole come out of them.

卵產下幾天以后, 稱為蝌蚪的青蛙幼蟲就從卵里出來了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. As a tadpole changes into a frog, its tail is gradually absorbed.

蝌蚪變成蛙, 它的尾巴就逐漸被吸收掉.

來自辭典例句

4. The tadpole is the larva of the frog.

蝌蚪是蛙的幼體.

來自辭典例句

5. What would we do if this patient were not just a tadpole?

要是這病人不是蝌蚪我們怎么辦?

來自互聯網