tadpole
IPA/ˈtædpəʊl/
KK[tˈædpˌol]IPA/ˈtædpəʊl/
tadpole — 名詞
- 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
蝌蚪
青蛙或蟾蜍的幼體，生活在水裡
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.
Paloma 在祖母家後面的池塘裡抓到一隻蝌蚪。
Zuri watched the tadpole grow legs and turn into a tiny frog.
Zuri 看著蝌蚪長出腿來，變成一隻小青蛙。
watch + noun + bare infinitive: 'watched the tadpole grow'
A tadpole wriggled between the rocks at the edge of the stream.
一隻蝌蚪在小溪邊的石頭間扭動著。
collocation: tadpole + wriggle
In spring, the pond behind the school was full of tadpoles.
春天時，學校後面的池塘裡滿是蝌蚪。
By late summer, every tadpole in the ditch had become a small toad.
到了夏末，水溝裡的每隻蝌蚪都變成了小蟾蜍。
collocation: tadpole + become + toad
常見搭配
- tadpole develops into
- tadpole turns into
- catch tadpoles
- tadpole stage
同義詞
- polliwog
dialectal and dated; used mainly in American English, far less common than tadpole
常見搭配
常用片語
- tadpole turns into a frog
- tadpole develops into a toad