名詞 reptile:

1. any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises turtles snakes lizards alligators crocodiles and extinct forms
   同義詞：reptilian

1. Snakes and crocodiles are reptiles.
   蛇和鱷魚(yú)都是爬行動(dòng)物。

rep.tile

n.（名詞）
Any of various cold-blooded, usually egg-laying vertebrates of the class Reptilia, such as a snake, lizard, crocodile, turtle, or dinosaur, having an external covering of scales or horny plates and breathing by means of lungs.
爬行動(dòng)物：一種爬行綱的冷血的、通常是卵生的脊椎動(dòng)物，例如蛇、晰蜴、鱷魚(yú)、烏龜或恐龍，具有鱗狀外皮或角質(zhì)板塊結(jié)構(gòu)并用肺進(jìn)行呼吸
A person regarded as despicable or treacherous.
卑鄙的人：被認(rèn)為是卑鄙的或奸詐的人

來(lái)源：
Middle English reptil
中古英語(yǔ) reptil
from Old French reptile
源自 古法語(yǔ) reptile
from Late Latin rôptile
源自 后期拉丁語(yǔ) rôptile
from neuter of Latin rôptilis [creeping]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) rôptilis的中性詞 [匍匐的]
from rôptus [past participle of] rôpere [to creep]
源自 rôptus [] rôpere的過(guò)去分詞 [爬行]