tadpole
IPA/ˈtædpəʊl/
KK[tˈædpˌol]IPA/ˈtædpəʊl/
tadpole — noun
- tadpolesingular
- tadpolesplural
1. the water-dwelling young of frogs and toads, with a round body, a long tail, and
1.名詞B1
釋義
the water-dwelling young of frogs and toads, with a round body, a long tail, and no legs at first
例句
Paloma caught a tadpole in the pond behind her grandmother's house.
Zuri watched the tadpole grow legs and turn into a tiny frog.
watch + noun + bare infinitive: 'watched the tadpole grow'
A tadpole wriggled between the rocks at the edge of the stream.
In spring, the pond behind the school was full of tadpoles.
By late summer, every tadpole in the ditch had become a small toad.
同義詞
- polliwog
dialectal and dated; used mainly in American English, far less common than tadpole