英语词汇“chameleon”的翻译、意思、用法、释义-英汉双解词典

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单词	chameleon
释义	Related topics: Animalscha·me·le·on /kəˈmiːliən/ noun [countable] 1. HBAa lizard that can change its colour to match the colours around it 变色龙，变色蜥蜴2. CHANGE FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHERsomeone who changes their ideas, behaviour etc to fit different situations 善变的人，见风使舵的人Examples from the Corpuschameleon• Putting a chameleon on a mirror seemed a simple enough experiment that I thought that even a writer could perform it.• She began to shed the brilliant borrowed chameleon plumage, she wanted to let Lucy in.• A lime-green chameleon, stretching from fence to shrub in torpid motion, beguiled us.• He has been a nimble chameleon, bending with every turn in Whitehall attitudes to education.• The Congressman has a reputation as a political chameleon.• The chameleon responds to the image it has generated, just as the shrimp responds to the atmosphere it has generated.Origin chameleon (1300-1400) Old French camelion, from Latin chamaeleon, from Greek, from chamai “on the ground” + leon “lion”cha·me·le·on nounChineseSyllable colour to change Corpus can lizard a that its
随便看	come first come/follow hot on the heels of something come for come for sb come for somebody come for somebody/something come for something come for sth come forward come from come from sb come from somebody come from somebody/something come from something come from sth come full circle come/get to grips with something come/go along for the ride come/go full circle come/go/get along come good come good/right come/go/turn full circle come/go under the hammer come/go with the territory