Toad & Anura (續：爬蟲類 鳥類 單字大集合)

toad

Y

D

–noun 

1. any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura (無尾目動物) and that typically have dry, warty (有疣的) skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit. Compare frog 1 (def. 1).

2. Also called true toad. a toad of the widespread and chiefly terrestrial family Bufonidae, having relatively short hind legs used in hopping and often having at the shoulders swellings containing glands that, along with the skin, secrete an irritating fluid in defense. Compare frog 1 (def. 2).

3. any of various toadlike animals, as certain lizards. 



4. a person or thing as an object of disgust or aversion. 





　

Paul hates Charles and apparently always has. At Charles' book signing, the flamboyant, handsome heir -- who is also possibly nuts -- also takes an instant shine to Gabrielle. The question then [arises] whether Gabrielle is dealing with two Prince Charmings, two Princes of Darkness or just two toads.





。豬怪

Serpent



。爬蟲類

boa constrictor

lizard

brontosaur

There's nothing messy about her. I feel like a brontosaur when she's about.

The restaurant that Travis calls Walt's home from is actually located in Cabazon, CA (not San Bernardino, which is about 45 miles away.) This of course is home to Claude Bell's famous concrete T-Rex and brontosaur[us].【古生】雷龍

stegosaurus

Would they risk "stegosaurus" and have [plates] of bony armor spring from the poor girl’s spine?【古生】劍龍

pterodactyl

Yes, soft folds. Not hard, mate. That's good, boy. You keep making the pterodactyl, mate.【古生】翼手龍

serpent

Be wise as [serpents], yet innocent as doves. 

serpentine

of, 

characteristic of, 

or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement

A romantic and gorgeous film, Lucia Y El Sexo has a serpentine plot that viewers may not be able to keep up with. 

If Sean Parker is meant to be this flood of enthusiasm, energy and [effusive] patronage, why isn't there more of a sense of his serpentine [deception]?

viper

Few films have so deftly explored the [tactile] aspects of cinema and no film has photographed sand with such vitality, making the dunes shift and tumble like a [slithering] [viper].

aspic

asp

Evelyn. Can't you imagine yourself as Cleopatra|talking to an asp? 角螲 (一種小毒蛇)

anura 

any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the [order] Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit. 無尾目動物 (蛙、蛤蟆等等)

warty

wart

Bring your own soap. So you don't get warts from the other kids. That always happens at camp.

toad

The question then [arises] whether Gabrielle is dealing with two Prince Charmings, two Princes of Darkness or just two toads.

sacculate

"sacculate" 囊狀的

newt

He's pissed as a newt. 蠑螈

Spells, what do you mean, spells? The eye of a newt, toe of a frog and that kind of shit?

platypus

Tonight's big story is the sensational discovery of the month. It happened in a deep, dark forest. We have found a new species of mammal. It's a cross between an anteater, a platypus, a giraffe, and a hippopotamus. 鴨嘴獸



。鳥

aquiline

(of the nose) shaped like an eagle's beak, hooked

Her father! This is incredible. What is this guy not an expert in?He's a tennis player and an antique connoisseur and a wine expert, and he's probably gorgeous, right, with graying temples and the aquiline profile.

beak

These be fed from asshole to beak. 鳥嘴形

peck

A year later a [crow] pecks Eric’s tomb and he is somehow resurrected, 

scavenger

scavenge

Rossellini began filming in secret, using scavenged film stock without sound equipment, shortly before the city was liberated in June of 1944.

hyena 

vulture 

haggard 

haggle 

ornithology 

ornithological

[Chuckles] That's a very ornithological mutilation you've got there, love. That's my tribal initiation.

preen

As for Paul, he's such a vain, [preening], [foppish] creature that Gabrielle should see right through him -- which she does, in fact.

He revels in his new [prosperity], and [preens] at the adulation that's [showered] on his bullet head. 

At times, her meditative glance lingers longer than usual, as in a delightful moment when a baker's wife preens to the tune of the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows."

plumage

albatross

But now you give me something even worse to think about. The notion of you as an albatross around my daughter's neck for the rest of her life is too much.

ostrich 

Job 39:13. "The wing of the ostrich beateth joyously, but are her pinions and feathers the kindly storks? For she leaveth her eggs on the earth and warmeth them in the dust. When the time cometh, she raiseth her wings on high and scorneth the horse and his rider."

thrush

I've brought you a thrush. 歌鶇

pheasant

You sure got a perfect day for it. Hunting pheasant. 野雞

biddy

Unfortunately, Fido's collar goes on the fritz briefly, resulting in the [demise] -- and subsequent revival -- of the lane's least beloved [old] biddy.

pullet

I'd had taken great pleasure in gunning this pullet down.

rook

There are some rooks around here that could do with a peppering. 白嘴鴉

He's all wind and whitewash, like a blinking rook.

toucan

And what kind of animal is that? That's a toucan. 巨嘴鳥

finch

I though they were strawberry finches. 雀科鳴鳥

myna

They said the mynah bird would be here later this afternoon, if you care to come back. 家八哥,鷯哥

squab

What is a squab? You know what it is. It's like a pigeon I suppose. 乳鴿

columbine

And there's some fennel for you and columbine. (似) 鴿的

magpie

Look Peter, I've never caught anyone while wearing a white coat. If the customer sees that coat, he knows you're part of the collective, so he's careful... he's careful. But without the coat you'd catch one or two magpies. 鵲,喜鵲

chaffinch

Freddy! Are you still watching TV? What about your chaffinch? Does it sing? 花雞,蒼頭燕雀

parakeet

Gotta put rosin on your bow. It's just like feeding a parakeet. 小型的鸚鵡,鸚哥

buzzard

The bird sketched by Russell Crowe's character is an [auger] buzzard, native to Africa.【美】紅頭美洲鷲,貪婪卑鄙的小人

Ah, look at them buzzards. They'll be back. You couldn't scare 'em off with artillery. I wish you wouldn't do that, Hud. They keep the country clean.

martin

It looks just like your house. Yeah, I know. We put it out every year... when the martins come back. Who are the martins? They're large swallows. The same family comes back every year to visit us. 紫岩燕,毛腳燕

craw

I wish you and Steve could like each other. We stick in each other's craw.【鳥】嗉囊 (動物之) 胃

whippoorwill

Hear the whippoorwill? You know, I've never seen one of those birds in my whole life. 北美夜鷹

gander

We'll, I'd like to take a gander [at] your haul, if you don't mind. 雄鵝【口】一眼,一瞥

















Anura