crocodile

noun

/ˈkrɒkədaɪl/

/ˈkrɑːkədaɪl/

Idioms

(also informal croc)
[countable] a large reptile with a long tail, hard skin and very big jaws. Crocodiles live in rivers and lakes in hot countries.鳄鱼Topics Animalsb1
[uncountable] crocodile skin made into leather（做成皮革的）鳄鱼皮
- crocodile shoes鳄鱼皮皮鞋
[countable] (British English) a long line of people, especially children, walking in pairs成对纵列行进的人（尤指儿童）
- a school crocodile一列学校纵队

词源Middle English cocodrille, cokadrill, from Old French cocodrille, via medieval Latin from Latin crocodilus, from Greek krokodilos ‘worm of the stones’, from krokē ‘pebble’ + drilos ‘worm’. The spelling was changed in the 16th cent. to conform with the Latin and Greek forms.

Idioms

crocodile tears

if somebody sheds (= cries) crocodile tears, they pretend to be sad about something, but they are not really sad at all鳄鱼的眼泪；假慈悲
- Let’s have no more politicians shedding crocodile tears for the unemployed.让我们不要再有政客为失业者流鳄鱼的眼泪了。

词汇	crocodile
释义	crocodile noun /ˈkrɒkədaɪl/ /ˈkrɑːkədaɪl/ Idioms (also informal croc) [countable] a large reptile with a long tail, hard skin and very big jaws. Crocodiles live in rivers and lakes in hot countries.鳄鱼Topics Animalsb1 [uncountable] crocodile skin made into leather（做成皮革的）鳄鱼皮 crocodile shoes鳄鱼皮皮鞋 [countable] (British English) a long line of people, especially children, walking in pairs成对纵列行进的人（尤指儿童） a school crocodile一列学校纵队词源Middle English cocodrille, cokadrill, from Old French cocodrille, via medieval Latin from Latin crocodilus, from Greek krokodilos ‘worm of the stones’, from krokē ‘pebble’ + drilos ‘worm’. The spelling was changed in the 16th cent. to conform with the Latin and Greek forms. Idioms crocodile tears if somebody sheds (= cries) crocodile tears, they pretend to be sad about something, but they are not really sad at all鳄鱼的眼泪；假慈悲 Let’s have no more politicians shedding crocodile tears for the unemployed.让我们不要再有政客为失业者流鳄鱼的眼泪了。
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