tortoises
美 [ˈtɔrtəs] 
英 [ˈtɔː(r)təs]
- n.乌龟；【动】龟；〈比喻〉行动缓慢的人
- 网络只陆龟图片；龟类；陆栖龟类
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Scientists have now rectified that situation, although you might call it a slow fix. Because tortoises are the key.
现在，科学家们修正了这个状况，尽管你可以把这称为缓慢的修正。因为，陆龟是其中的关键。
Great metal tortoises filed past me on either side, imposing enough to signal their presence at the corner of my eyes.
大金属龟分成两排在我两侧鱼贯消逝，以侵入我的眼角宣告它们的存在。
The business value of a message might be long-lived or it may vanish in seconds (tortoises and hares).
消息的业务价值可能是长期存在的，或者可能在数秒内消失（好比乌龟和兔子）。
It said that there is an accumulating pile of evidence of damage that this does to larger forms of marine life like seals and tortoises.
并且说有更多的证据表明这会给更大型的海洋生物比如说是海豹和海龟造成危害。
Often, poachers roam villages in groups of up to 100, picking up thousands of tortoises over several weeks.
偷猎者通常组成100多人的团伙，在各个村落搜寻陆龟，几个星期就可以拣获数千只。
The airport had to promise to check the runway for endangered desert tortoises prior to any space flights.
该机场必须保证，在任何太空飞行前，检查跑道上是否有濒危的沙漠龟。
The importing of tortoises is now officially banned, but some still seem get in by the back door and find their way into pet shops.
官方现在禁止进口乌龟，但有些乌龟似乎仍然通过后门进来了，并流入了宠物商店。
Giant tortoises can live for up to 150 years and are the longest living vertebrate animals.
大乌龟可以活150年，是脊椎动物中寿命最长的。
It has imposed new controls on immigration and imported goods, and last month reintroduced giant tortoises to Pinta island.
厄瓜多尔已经对外来移民以及进口货物施加了新的管制措施，并且在上个月将巨型陆龟重新引入了平塔岛。
I always passed by a pet shop, seeing dogs, canaries, tortoises to be sold there.
翻译我常途经宠物店，看到小狗、金丝雀、乌龟在那儿出售。
Yet, Madagascar's tortoises were once protected by the cultural beliefs of some of the island's communities.
不过，马达加斯加陆龟曾一度受到岛内某些社区文化信仰的保护。人们崇敬陆龟，甚至不去摸它们。
He is testing a metal-detector-and-satellite system at a place on Isabela, the largest of the islands, where giant tortoises gather.
他正在此群岛最大的岛伊沙贝拉（Isabela）上测试“金属探测器-卫星”系统，因为大批的巨龟盘集于此。
Three tortoises, Mick, Alan and Les, decide to go on a picnic.
三只乌龟，米克，阿兰和莱斯决定去野餐。
According to legend, eagles picked up tortoises and attempt to crack them open by dropping them on rocks.
根据传说，老鹰抓了乌龟，为了弄开它们的壳，会将其扔到岩石上。
Land turtles, or tortoises, are slow-moving animals, so they usually have especially strong, tight shells to protect them from enemies.
陆地龟，或者叫旱乌龟，是动作缓慢的动物，所以，它们通常有特别坚硬结实的龟板保护它们，避免敌人的伤害。
"When a gang of poachers with guns and machetes come and take tortoises, the villagers are defenceless, " Mr Rafeliarisoa says.
Rafeliarisoa说：“偷猎者团伙来拿陆龟的时候，手拿枪支砍刀，村民们毫无抵抗能力。”而且食品价格不断上涨，吃陆龟肉的人越来越多。
I recently launched a new electronic toys - electronic small tortoises, a very fun letter, lovely.
最近我公司推出新一款电子玩具--电子小龟，非常趣致，可爱。
They eat everything from tortoises to giraffes but tend to hunt the prey they grew up eating, and food preferences differ among prides.
他们从龟吃任何事情到长颈鹿但是趋于狩猎他们长大了吃的猎物，并且偏爱在骄傲之中不同的食物。
The ancient Chinese people worshipped tortoises, and regarded tortoises as animals of longevity.
中国古人对乌龟怀有深厚的崇拜之情，乌龟乃长生之物。
Flying lemurs jumped between trees as big as giant sequoias, and steamy swamps hosted alligators and giant tortoises.
狐猴在像红杉一样高耸的丛林中穿梭，短吻鳄和巨型乌龟栖息在雾气缭绕的沼泽地中。
Whalers slaughtered the giant tortoises, and the few settlers brought rats, cats and goats, which crowded out local flora and fauna.
捕鲸者猎杀巨型陆龟，为数不多的定居者将老鼠、猫和山羊带到了那儿，排挤了当地的动植物种群。
For one memorable week, I lived among the tortoises of Alcedo.
在这值得纪念的一个星期中，我跟Alcedo的陆龟们住在一起。
Ten tiny tortoises tried to talk to twenty timid toads.
十只小乌龟试着跟二十只胆小的癞蛤蟆讲话。
Worse, as Sulloway recounts humorously, Darwin and his mates ate the remaining tortoises on the voyage home.
苏洛威开著玩笑说，更坏的是，达尔文和他的同伴在回家的旅途中把剩下的象龟吃了。
You think, at 150 or more years, giant tortoises can live a long time?
设想一下，巨型龟活到150岁或者更长些，这算是长寿了吧？
Some people have cats and dogs in their houses. Other people like fish, caged birds, tortoises and even snakes, monkeys or lions.
有些人在家里养猫养狗，另一些人喜欢养鱼、鸟、乌龟，甚至蛇、猴子，还有狮子。
turtles and tortoises , crocodiles and alligators, and the tuatara, a marine lizard in New Zealand.
乌龟和陆龟、鳄鱼和短吻鳄以及虫蜥蜴——一种现存于新西兰的海蜥蜴。
a. People say that tortoises live longer than elephants.
据说龟比象活得久。
With space tourists reaching a top speed of Mach 3, the tortoises would have a hard time getting out of the way.
当太空旅行者达到三马赫的最高速度时，沙漠龟就很难爬开。
The tortoises ate the ebony trees' large, pungent oval fruits and dispersed the seeds.
这种陆龟吃黑檀树巨大的，辛辣的椭圆形的果实，并传播它的种子。
Some chapters are dialogs between Achilles and Tortoises .
有些章节是阿克琉斯与乌龟的对话。
will be occupied not only by frogs but larger aquatic animals such as Long-necked Tortoises and Freshwater Yabbies or Crayfish.
水的大身体将被青蛙但是更大的水动物占据例如不仅长-压缩的龟和淡水小螫虾或喇蛄。
All studies in reptiles and amphibians (e. g. tortoises) give negative results - there are no dreams in their sleep.
对爬行动物与两栖动物（如龟类）的所有研究结果都是否定的——它们的睡眠中没有梦境。
turtle Any of various turtles or tortoises.
乌龟任一种海龟或陆龟
In rocky areas of Africa, some tortoises have flexible shells.
在非洲的岩石区域内，有的旱乌龟的龟板十分灵活。
Two bigger rocks for the tortoises to sun themselves.
里面放两块大石头可以让乌龟晒太阳。
The result is, her tortoises showed no evidence of contagious yawning, though it is common in humans.
结果是，尽管哈欠的传染性在人类中很常见，但没有证据显示乌龟打哈欠会传染。
Researchers relocated four giant Aldabra tortoises to Ile aux Aigrettes in 2000.
研究人员在2000年迁徙了4个阿尔达布拉陆龟来到那阿格莱特岛。
Gopher tortoises in the southeastern U. S. often end up as roadkill.
该物种生活在美国东南部，但结局往往很悲惨。
Other people like fish, caged birds, tortoises and even snakes, monkeys or lions.
另一些喜欢鱼，鸟，龟甚至蛇，猴和狮子。
