Tortoiseshell is the hard shell of a kind of sea turtle. It is brown and yellow in colour and is often polished and used to make jewellery and ornaments.
ADJ
龜甲做的;仿玳瑁的
Tortoiseshell means made of tortoiseshell or made of a material which resembles tortoiseshell.
例句
He wears huge spectacles with thick tortoiseshell frames.他戴著玳瑁粗框大眼鏡。
N-COUNT
(翅膀呈棕色和橘黃色的)蛺蝶
A tortoiseshell is a butterfly with brown and orange wings.
英漢詞典釋義
n.
龜甲;龜板;玳瑁殼
an elaborate inlay of tortoiseshell, ivory, and metal精致的龜殼、象牙和金屬鑲嵌物
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles
2. brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles
3. a cat having black and cream and yellowish markings