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龜甲;玳瑁殼
Tortoiseshell is the hard shell of a kind of sea turtle. It is brown and yellow in colour and is often polished and used to make jewellery and ornaments.
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ADJ
龜甲做的;仿玳瑁的
Tortoiseshell means made of tortoiseshell or made of a material which resembles tortoiseshell.
例句
He wears huge spectacles with thick tortoiseshell frames.
他戴著玳瑁粗框大眼鏡。
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(翅膀呈棕色和橘黃色的)蛺蝶
A tortoiseshell is a butterfly with brown and orange wings.