eel
英 [i?l]
美 [il]
助記提示
1. peel => p + eel => 鰻魚的皮兒 =》 剝掉鰻魚的皮兒。
2. reel => r + eel => 因為鰻魚蛇形的魚類，而蛇形是那種長條形具有纏繞特性的形狀。=> 鰻魚纏繞在花兒上。
中文詞源
英文詞源
- eel (n.)
- Old English ?l "eel," from Proto-Germanic *?laz (cognates: Old Frisian -el, Middle Dutch ael, Dutch aal, Old Saxon and Old High German al, German Aal, Old Norse all), which is of unknown origin, with no certain cognates outside Germanic. Used figuratively for slipperiness from at least 1520s.
雙語例句
- 1. The relationships between ambient temperature and ADMR, AME, EDM, EEL, TDMR, TME, plasma T 3 concentration were curvilinear.
- ADMR 、 AME 、 EDM 、 EEL 、 TDMR 、 TME 、 血漿中T_3濃度與環境溫度的關系呈曲線型,其中EDM、 EEL、TDMR用對數曲線模擬較好.
來自互聯網
- 2. He is as slippery as an eel and simply refuses to be pinned down on anything.
- 他很圓滑,什么事情都不肯承擔責任.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. She's as slippery as an eel.
- 她像狐貍一樣狡猾.
來自辭典例句
- 4. 'I'm Ben Gunn, I am,'replied the maroon, wriggling like an eel in his embarrassment.
- “ 是的, 我是本-剛恩, ”這位放逐在荒灘上的水手答道, 一面不好意思地像鰻魚一樣扭動著身子.
來自英漢文學 - 金銀島
- 5. Another famous example is the electric eel. This Fish gives an even more powerful shock.
- 另外一個廣為人知的例子是電鰻,這種魚的電擊強度更大.
來自中級百科部分