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单词 reptilian
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Definition of reptilian in English:

reptilian

adjective rɛpˈtɪlɪənrɛpˈtɪljən
  • 1Relating to or characteristic of reptiles.

    the reptilian ancestors of mammals
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Dehydration can cause serious health problems in any reptilian species.
    • Vertebrate animals (mammals, birds, theropod dinosaurs) develop larger brains then their earlier reptilian ancestors.
    • Still had true socketed teeth, a reptilian trait.
    • At the time, paleontologists were stuck in a reptilian perspective on dinosaurs.
    • Figure 16 pictures a three-headed reptilian bird chasing a hunter who is armed with a gun.
    • The reptilian scale has absolutely nothing to do with follicles.
    • Two of the bones found in the reptilian jaw are nearly identical to two of the bones in the mammalian inner ear.
    • Although old drawings of Tyrannosaurus rex give the beast an almost erect stance and a long reptilian tail, which dragged on the ground.
    • Turtles and iguanas are the most common reptilian sources of the infection.
    • Enormous temporal fossae for very strong jaw muscles, formed by just one of the reptilian jaw muscles, which has now become the mammalian masseter.
    • Therefore, it had nothing to do with demonstrating how the genetic information coding for feathers could have arisen in the imagined reptilian ancestors of birds.
    • At our study site, the predator guild includes avian, mammalian, and reptilian species.
    • Autumn has arrived and with the cooler weather our amphibian and reptilian friends will be looking for somewhere to call home over the winter.
    • You have to admit that there's something fascinating about dinosaurs, those lumbering reptilian giants of a bygone age.
    • Mammals, as we have learned to expect, employ a bizarre and pointlessly complicated variation on the straightforward and logical reptilian plan.
    • Like all reflexes, the startle reflects activity of the brain stem, the most primitive, reptilian part of the brain.
    • This is a sequence of fossils which shows in great detail how the mammalian inner ear bones evolved from similar bones in the reptilian jaw.
    • Named after their spotted coats and fearsome jaws, leopard seals have large, reptilian heads and streamlined bodies.
    • Let us consider first the simpler explanation of a series of morphological evolutionary changes in the evolution of avian feathers from reptilian scales.
    • In proportion to body size, mammals have brains about ten times the size of reptilian brains.
    Synonyms
    reptile
    cold-blooded
    saurian, ophidian, crocodilian
    technical poikilothermic
    rare reptiloid, reptiliform, reptant, repent
    unpleasant, distasteful, nasty, disagreeable, unappealing, unattractive, off-putting, horrible, horrid
    unctuous, ingratiating, fulsome, oily, oleaginous
    untrustworthy, devious, sly, underhand, crafty
    informal smarmy, slimy, creepy, sneaky
  • 2(of a person) deeply disliked and despised; repulsive.

    a reptilian villain with no redeeming features
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Nick Stahl does a good job portraying Bobby as a vicious, detestable bully (with perhaps just a hint of reptilian charisma).
    • But here he distils horror by showing it in slow passage through the ageing, reptilian contours of Michael Caine's face.
    • Boyle is Sidney Greenstreet - ish, minus the reptilian glamour.
    • He can feel Martin out there waiting his time with the cold reptilian patience of the perfect agent.
    • The script called for her to be sympathetic, in spite of his reptilian appearance.
    • Judge Dave Ryan is also a friend to children; however, he can't fly, and he lacks a hard, reptilian protective shell.
    • That is, the mechanism that should concern us is our own reptilian nature.
    • Mr. Chen laughed in his quiet, reptilian way.
    • Sincere roles are not only out of character for Jim Carey, they are entirely alien to his reptilian nature.
    • In fact, a lot of those B players are still around today - the reptilian Richard Perle for example.
    • Her blue eyes, entirely void of make up, gave her face a strange, reptilian look.
noun rɛpˈtɪlɪənrɛpˈtɪljən
  • An animal belonging to the class Reptilia; a reptile.

Rhymes

Abbevillian, Azilian, Brazilian, caecilian, Castilian, Chilean, Churchillian, civilian, cotillion, crocodilian, epyllion, Gillian, Lilian, Maximilian, Pamphylian, pavilion, postilion, Quintilian, Sicilian, Tamilian, vaudevillian, vermilion, Virgilian
 
 

Definition of reptilian in US English:

reptilian

adjectiverepˈtilyənrɛpˈtɪljən
  • 1Relating to or characteristic of reptiles.

    the reptilian ancestors of mammals
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Although old drawings of Tyrannosaurus rex give the beast an almost erect stance and a long reptilian tail, which dragged on the ground.
    • At our study site, the predator guild includes avian, mammalian, and reptilian species.
    • Vertebrate animals (mammals, birds, theropod dinosaurs) develop larger brains then their earlier reptilian ancestors.
    • Let us consider first the simpler explanation of a series of morphological evolutionary changes in the evolution of avian feathers from reptilian scales.
    • Two of the bones found in the reptilian jaw are nearly identical to two of the bones in the mammalian inner ear.
    • This is a sequence of fossils which shows in great detail how the mammalian inner ear bones evolved from similar bones in the reptilian jaw.
    • Figure 16 pictures a three-headed reptilian bird chasing a hunter who is armed with a gun.
    • Enormous temporal fossae for very strong jaw muscles, formed by just one of the reptilian jaw muscles, which has now become the mammalian masseter.
    • Turtles and iguanas are the most common reptilian sources of the infection.
    • Autumn has arrived and with the cooler weather our amphibian and reptilian friends will be looking for somewhere to call home over the winter.
    • Therefore, it had nothing to do with demonstrating how the genetic information coding for feathers could have arisen in the imagined reptilian ancestors of birds.
    • Like all reflexes, the startle reflects activity of the brain stem, the most primitive, reptilian part of the brain.
    • Dehydration can cause serious health problems in any reptilian species.
    • At the time, paleontologists were stuck in a reptilian perspective on dinosaurs.
    • You have to admit that there's something fascinating about dinosaurs, those lumbering reptilian giants of a bygone age.
    • In proportion to body size, mammals have brains about ten times the size of reptilian brains.
    • Still had true socketed teeth, a reptilian trait.
    • Mammals, as we have learned to expect, employ a bizarre and pointlessly complicated variation on the straightforward and logical reptilian plan.
    • The reptilian scale has absolutely nothing to do with follicles.
    • Named after their spotted coats and fearsome jaws, leopard seals have large, reptilian heads and streamlined bodies.
    Synonyms
    reptile
    unpleasant, distasteful, nasty, disagreeable, unappealing, unattractive, off-putting, horrible, horrid
  • 2(of a person) deeply disliked and despised; repulsive.

    a reptilian villain with no redeeming features
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In fact, a lot of those B players are still around today - the reptilian Richard Perle for example.
    • He can feel Martin out there waiting his time with the cold reptilian patience of the perfect agent.
    • Judge Dave Ryan is also a friend to children; however, he can't fly, and he lacks a hard, reptilian protective shell.
    • Boyle is Sidney Greenstreet - ish, minus the reptilian glamour.
    • Mr. Chen laughed in his quiet, reptilian way.
    • But here he distils horror by showing it in slow passage through the ageing, reptilian contours of Michael Caine's face.
    • Sincere roles are not only out of character for Jim Carey, they are entirely alien to his reptilian nature.
    • Nick Stahl does a good job portraying Bobby as a vicious, detestable bully (with perhaps just a hint of reptilian charisma).
    • The script called for her to be sympathetic, in spite of his reptilian appearance.
    • That is, the mechanism that should concern us is our own reptilian nature.
    • Her blue eyes, entirely void of make up, gave her face a strange, reptilian look.
nounrepˈtilyənrɛpˈtɪljən
  • An animal belonging to the class Reptilia; a reptile.

 
 
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