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alligator
(ælɪgeɪtəʳ)
Word forms: plural alligators
1. countable noun
An alligator is a large reptile with short legs, a long tail and very powerful jaws.
2. adjective
Alligator boots and bags are made from the skin of an alligator.
...alligator cowboy boots.
alligator in British English
(ˈælɪˌɡeɪtə)
noun
1.
a large crocodilian, Alligator mississipiensis, of the southern US, having powerful jaws and sharp teeth and differing from the crocodiles in having a shorter and broader snout: family Alligatoridae (alligators and caymans)
2.
a similar but smaller species, A. sinensis, occurring in China near the Yangtse River
3.
any crocodilian belonging to the family Alligatoridae
4.
any of various tools or machines having adjustable toothed jaws, used for gripping, crushing, or compacting
Word origin
C17: from Spanish el lagarto the lizard, from Latin lacertaalligator in American English
(ˈæləˌgeɪtər)
nounWord forms: plural ˈalliˌgators or ˈalliˌgator
1.
any of a genus (Alligator) of large crocodilian reptiles found in tropical rivers and marshes of the U.S. and China: its snout is shorter and blunter than the crocodile's, and its teeth do not protrude outside its closed mouth
2.
a scaly leather made from an alligator's hide
3. US
a machine, tool, etc. with a strong, movable, often toothed jaw
Word origin
Sp el lagarto < el, the + L lacerta, lacertus: see lizardImage ofalligator
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British English: alligator /ˈælɪˌɡeɪtə/ NOUN
An alligator is a large reptile with short legs, a long tail and very powerful jaws.
Do not feed the alligators.
- American English: alligator
- Arabic: تـِمْساحٌ أَمِرِيكيّ
- Brazilian Portuguese: jacaré
- Chinese: 短嘴鳄
- Croatian: aligator
- Czech: aligátor
- Danish: alligator
- Dutch: alligator
- European Spanish: caimán
- Finnish: alligaattori
- French: alligator
- German: Alligator
- Greek: αλιγάτορας
- Italian: alligatore
- Japanese: ワニ
- Korean: 악어
- Norwegian: alligator
- Polish: aligator
- European Portuguese: jacaré
- Romanian: aligator
- Russian: аллигатор
- Latin American Spanish: caimán
- Swedish: alligator
- Thai: จระเข้
- Turkish: timsah
- Ukrainian: алігатор
- Vietnamese: cá sấu Mỹ
Chinese translation of 'alligator'
alligator
(ˈælɪɡeɪtəʳ)
n (c)
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短吻鳄(鱷)
(duǎnwěn'è) (条(條), tiáo)
- out-of-date
- out-of-door
- out of doors
- out-of-doors
- out of earshot (of sb/sth)
- out of fashion
- out of favor
- outoffice
- out of focus
- out of gear
- out of hand
- out of harm's way
- out-of-harms-way
- out of hours
- out of humor
- out of humour
- out of it
- out of joint
- out of keeping with
- out of kilter
- out of kilter, off kilter
- out-of-kilter-off-kilter
- out of line
- out of loyalty to sb
- out of luck