chamelion: [14] Etymologically, a chamelion is a ‘ground lion’. The word comes from Greek khamailéōn, a compound formed from khamaí ‘on the ground’ (English humus and humble are related to it) and léōn ‘lion’. Until the 19th century the word was usually spelled camelion, which led to popular association of the first element with camel; this is turn encouraged an identification with camelopard, a now obsolete word for ‘giraffe’, and in the 14th and 15th centuries camelion was used for ‘giraffe’. => humble, humus, lion
雙語例句
1. Like a chameleon, he could merge unobtrusively into the background.
他就像一條變色龍，可以神不知鬼不覺地隱藏在背景中間。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The chameleon changes colour to match its surroundings.
變色龍變換顏色以適應(yīng)環(huán)境.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. The chameleon adapts to its surroundings by changing color.
變色蜥蜴用變色來適應(yīng)環(huán)境.
來自辭典例句
4. The chameleon's skin replicates the pattern of its surroundings.
變色龍的皮膚可隨環(huán)境的模式而改變顏色.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. Anna: It changed colours, like chameleon, it uses the jungle.