2012_03_27 Chelonian adj. 乌龟。

Word of the Day for Tuesday, March 27, 2012
chelonian \ki-LOH-nee-uhn\, adjective:
1. Belonging or pertaining to the order Chelonia, comprising the turtles.
noun:
1. A turtle.
At the truly chelonian pace of somewhat under two miles per hour, the passengers and crew onboard would cover the twenty-seven hundred miles in just over two months.
 -- Caleb H. Johnson, The Mayflower and Her Passengers
The study door crashed back and a seventy-year-old politician stood there, top hat firmly on his head, collar awry around his scrawny, chelonian neck.
 -- M. J. Trow, Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring
What pair of messiahs could differ more harshly than Hiram and Magnus, the one a pedantic little fellow with a chelonian paunch and gold eye-glasses and the other a rough, shaggy, carnivorous revivalist from the dreadful steppes?
 -- H. L. Mencken, "Editorial," American Mercury Magazine, Jan. to Apr. 1924
Chelonian comes from the Greek word for turtle, chelṓn.
龟\文蕙-NEE-UHN\，形容词：

1。属于或有关的顺序龟，包括海龟。

名词：
1。乌龟。

在真正的龟步伐有所下两英里每小时，船上的乘客和机组人员将覆盖在短短两个多月的二十七个几百英里。
- 迦勒H.约翰逊，“五月花号和她的乘客

书房门坠毁和一个七八岁的政治家站在那里，顶帽坚定地在他的头上，领他骨瘦如柴，龟的颈部周围出差错。
- M·特罗，Lestrade和木屑环

什么救世主对可能与更严厉的西贡和Magnus，一个迂腐与龟大肚子和黄金眼，眼镜和其他粗糙，毛茸茸的，可怕的草原食肉复兴的小家伙呢？
- HL门肯“编委，”美国水星杂志“，1月至1924年年4月

龟来自希腊字为龟，chelṓn。

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