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turtles

/ˈtɜːtəlz/

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noun

乌龟，海龟

Any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise.

Examples :

"The children were excited to see the turtles swimming in the pond at the park. "

孩子们很兴奋地看到公园池塘里有乌龟在游泳。

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noun

海龟，龟。

(specifically) A marine reptile of that order.

Examples :

"While visiting the beach, we saw several turtles swimming in the ocean. "

在海边游玩时，我们看到几只海龟在海里游泳。

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noun

龟甲阵

An Ancient Roman attack method, where the shields held by the soldiers hide them, not only left, right, front and back, but also from above.

Examples :

"The Roman soldiers used the tortoise formation, or turtles, to protect themselves from enemy arrows during the siege. "

罗马士兵在围攻战中使用了龟甲阵，也就是乌龟阵，来保护自己免受敌方弓箭的伤害。

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noun

海龟机器人

A type of robot having a domed case (and so resembling the reptile), used in education, especially for making line drawings by means of a computer program.

Examples :

"The children in the classroom used the turtles to practice drawing shapes on the computer. "

教室里的孩子们用海龟机器人练习在电脑上画图形。

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noun

海龟光标，绘图海龟

An on-screen cursor that serves the same function as a turtle for drawing.

Examples :

"In our computer class, we used turtles to draw colorful shapes on the screen. "

在我们的电脑课上，我们用海龟光标在屏幕上画彩色的图形。

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noun

龟板

The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.

Examples :

"The print shop still uses turtles to hold the newspaper layout firmly in place on their old printing press. "

这家印刷厂还在用龟板把报纸版面牢牢地固定在老式印刷机上。

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noun

乌龟元素, 慢元素

A small element towards the end of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to take a long time to be swapped into its correct position. Compare rabbit.

Examples :

"In the unsorted list of students' names, the turtles, like "Zachary" near the beginning, will take many swaps to finally reach their correct alphabetical position at the end. "

在未排序的学生名单中，像排在前面的“Zachary”这样的乌龟元素/慢元素，需要经过多次交换才能最终到达字母顺序的末尾。

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noun

乌龟步，大地板。

A breakdancing move consisting of a float during which the dancer's weight shifts from one hand to the other, producing rotation or a circular "walk".

Examples :

"During the breakdancing workshop, the instructor showed us how to do "turtles" by rotating on our hands. "

在街舞工作坊上，教练示范了如何用双手交替支撑身体，做出“乌龟步”这个动作。

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noun

托架，支架.

A low stand for a lamp etc.

Examples :

"We placed the heavy spotlights on the turtles to illuminate the actors during the play. "

我们把沉重的聚光灯放在灯架上，以便在演出时照亮演员。

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verb

翻过来，倒过来。

To flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down.

Examples :

"The old car almost turtled when it hit the patch of ice, but thankfully the driver regained control. "

那辆旧车撞到那块冰面时差点翻了个底朝天，幸好司机重新控制住了车子。

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verb

翻过来游，仰泳

To turn and swim upside down.

Examples :

"The little turtle tried to swim, but it kept turtling over, ending up upside down in the water. "

小乌龟想游泳，但是它老是翻过来游，结果仰面朝天在水里。

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verb

捕龟，捉海龟

To hunt turtles, especially in the water.

Examples :

"The villagers used to turtle in the river, but now the turtle population is protected. "

以前村民们常在河里捕龟，但是现在海龟种群受到了保护。

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verb

防守反击, 龟缩防守。

To build up a large defense force and strike only punctually, rather than going for an offensive strategy.

Examples :

"The struggling software company decided to turtle, focusing solely on fixing critical bugs and maintaining existing customers rather than launching new, risky products. "

这家苦苦挣扎的软件公司决定龟缩防守，专注于修复关键漏洞和维护现有客户，而不是推出新的、有风险的产品。

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noun

斑鸠，鸠。

Examples :

"The cooing of the turtles outside my window is a peaceful way to wake up. "

窗外斑鸠的咕咕叫声是一种平和的醒来方式。

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