| 单词 | water-eft |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater-eft water-eft n. [ < water n. + eft n.1; in quot. 1605 apparently after German †Wassereidechse (see water lizard n.)] now rare a newt, esp. the smooth newt, Lissotriton vulgaris; (also) any newt in an aquatic stage of its life cycle. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Urodela or Caudata > [noun] > family Salamandridae (newts) > newt > aquatic water-eft1605 cordyl1608 water lizard1608 water newt1667 1605 J. Mosan tr. C. Wirsung Gen. Pract. Physick sig. Lll3v/2 Stincus officinarum, Scincus, Crocodilus terrestris, an earth Crocodile. Our doting fooles vse the water Euet [Ger. WasserEydechsen [sic]] for it, which is as like it, as an apple is like an Oyster. 1768 G. White Let. 27 July in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 54 The water-eft has not, that I can discern, the least appearance of any gills. 1888 Fishing Gaz. 1 Sept. 109/3 (heading) How to get rid of water efts, or newts. 1967 H. Orton & M. F. Wakelin Surv. Eng. Dial. IV. ii. 482 Q[uestion]. What do you call that small four-legged, long-tailed creature, blackish on top; it darts about in ponds?.. [Devon] Water-evet. 1970 C. Simms Lives Brit. Lizards i. 28 In many country districts the breeding and non-breeding forms of the same species of newts are known by different names, often water-eft and eft, or eft and swift. < as lemmas |
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