1620s, from Medieval Latin Amphiscii, from Greek amphiskioi "inhabitants of the tropics," literally "throwing a shadow both ways," from amphi- "on both sides" (see amphi-) + skia "shadow" (see shine (v.)). Inhabitants of torrid zones, so called because they are "people whose shadow is sometimes to the North, and sometimes to the South" [Cockerham, 1623].
雙語例句
1. The skin of amphibians is permeable to water.
兩棲動物的皮膚是透水的。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. Two amphibians ferry them out over the sands.
兩輛水陸兩用車把他們渡過沙灘.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Amphibians live partly in water and partly on land.
兩棲動物有時生活在水中,有時生活在陸上.
來自辭典例句
4. The main groups of vertebrates are: fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
脊椎動物的主要種類是魚類, 兩棲動物, 爬行動物, 鳥類和哺乳動物.
來自辭典例句
5. In birds, reptiles and many amphibians there is only one ossicle.