| 释义 |
tri·ton
I. \ˈtrītən\ noun
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Etymology: Latin Triton, Greco-Roman demigod of the sea, from Greek Tritōn
1. often capitalized
a. : one of a class of minor sea divinities or partly human monsters usually represented as having the upper body like that of a human and the lower body like that of a fish — compare mermaid
b. : a representation of a triton in art or heraldry
2. or triton shell [New Latin, from Latin Triton; from the sea god Triton being often represented holding a trumpet made of a conch shell]
a. : any of various large marine gastropod mollusks especially of the family Cymatiidae having a heavy elongated conical shell with the surface wrinkled and roughened or covered with a hairy periostracum and the lip usually toothed or ridged
b. : a shell of one of these mollusks
3. : any of various aquatic salamanders : newt, eft
II.
Etymology: New Latin
synonym of triturus
III. \ˈtrīˌtän\ noun
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Etymology: trinitrotoluene
: trinitrotoluene
IV. noun
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Etymology: Greek, neuter of tritos third — more at trit-
: the nucleus of the tritium atom consisting of one proton and two neutrons — symbol t; compare deuteron |