tortoise

[US]/'tɔːtəs/
[UK]/'tɔrtəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.a slow-moving person; a tortoise
n. en langsomt bevægende person; en skildpadde
Word Forms
Past Tensetortoised
Present Participletortoising
Pluraltortoises

Phrases & Collocations

tortoise shell

skildpaddeskal

Example Sentences

The tortoise crept along at an agonizingly slow speed.

Skildpadden kravlede langsomt frem med en pinefuldt langsom hastighed.

The tortoise spends the winter months in hibernation.

Skildpadden tilbringer vintermånederne i dvale.

The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping.

Skildpadden vinder løbet, mens haren sover.

the fused bony plates protect the tortoise's soft parts.

de sammensmeltede benede plader beskytter skildpaddens bløde dele.

If you make the laws clear and are cautious about orders, without divining the tortoise shell or milfoil you will obtain propitious results.

Hvis du gør lovene klare og er forsigtig med ordrer, uden at tyde skildpaddeskallen eller bregner, vil du opnå gunstige resultater.

Spurred by our 2004 meeting, biologists recently reintroduced Bolson tortoises to a private ranch in New Mexico.

Drevet af vores møde i 2004 genintroducerede biologer for nylig Bolson-skildpadder til en privat ranch i New Mexico.

This is the true story of two great friends: a baby hippo named Owen and a giant tortoise named Mzee.

Dette er den sande historie om to store venner: en babyflodhest ved navn Owen og en kæmpe skildpadde ved navn Mzee.

Inscriptions shell kind the appropriate such as keel, ostracean, magnet, ormer, mother-of-pearl, tortoise plastron, turtle shell first decoct;

Indskrifter skaller slags passende som køl, havdyr, magnet, ormer, perlemor, skildpadde plastron, skildpadde skal første afkok;

Real-world Examples

Oh, my gosh! The giant Somalian leopard tortoise!

Åh, min gud! Den kæmpe store somaliske leopard skildpadde!

Source: Universal Dialogue for Children's Animation

Allen keeps a large tortoise as a pet.

Allen holder en stor skildpadde som kæledyr.

Source: Lai Shixiong Advanced English Vocabulary 3500

The hare can't see the tortoise.

Kaninen kan ikke se skildpadden.

Source: BlackCat (Beginner) Audiobook

And it's not jus the tortoise that relies on them.

Og det er ikke kun skildpadden, der er afhængig af dem.

Source: PBS "Nature" documentary series

Professor Binns paused again, pursing his lips, looking like a wrinkled old tortoise.

Professor Binns holdt pause igen, trak sine læber sammen og så ud som en krøllet, gammel skildpadde.

Source: 2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

And I ended up starting the first gopher tortoise preserve in the state of Georgia.

Og jeg endte med at starte det første gopher skildpadde reservat i delstaten Georgia.

Source: What it takes: Celebrity Interviews

But today, we don't hunt the tortoises.

Men i dag jager vi ikke skildpadderne.

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2022 Collection

The tortoise said not a word, but toiled on.

Skildpadden sagde ikke et ord, men fortsatte med at slide.

Source: UK original primary school Chinese language class

Huge tortoises lay asleep upon the hot mud.

Store skildpadder lå og sov på den varme mudder.

Source: Selected Fairy Tales by Oscar Wilde

A plastron is the underside of a tortoise or turtle's shell.

En plastron er undersiden af en skildpaddes eller havskildpaddes skal.

Source: CNN 10 Student English April 2019 Collection

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