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turtle

noun
🔊/ˈtɜːtl/
🔊/ˈtɜːrtl/
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  1. (North American English also sea turtle)
     a large reptile with a hard round shell that lives in the sea 海龟
    see also snapping turtleTopics Animalsc1
  2. (North American English, informal) any reptile with a large shell, for example a tortoise or terrapin（任何种类的）龟；陆龟；水龟；鳖Topics Animalsc1
    3. Word Originmid 16th cent.: apparently an alteration of French tortue, from medieval Latin tortuca, of uncertain origin.
Idioms
turn turtle
  1. (of a boat船) to turn over completely while sailing（在航行中）倾覆，翻