1. alligator: Spanish colonists' name for American alligators.
When Spanish colonists first set foot on the American continent and met the alligator unique to America, they called it el lagarto(the lizard) in Spanish. Later, British colonists followed the Spanish name for it and called it lagarto in English. However, at the end of16th century, some people mistakenly regarded the definite article el in Spanish as a part of the word, so the English word alligator came into being from Spanish el lagarto.
alligator：['? l? ge? t? Alligator] alligator
2. armadillo (Armadillo): a small animal in armor.
The English word armadillo (armadillo, pangolin) comes from Spanish, which means small form of armado, while the latter comes from Latin armatus, which is the past participle form of the verb armare (armed and armored), so armadillo literally means "little animal in armor". The armadillo got its name because it was covered with hard flaky scales, which looked like it was covered with armor. Its Chinese name "Pangolin" also reflects this feature.
armadillo：['ɑrm?' d? Armadillo [lo] pangolin
armour：['ɑm? ] armor; Armor; mask
Armed: [ɑ rmd] adj. Armed; Having handrails; Having defensive organs (of animals)
Badger: an animal with a badge on its forehead
Badger is called Badger because it has striking white stripes on its forehead, just like a badge. A cruel dog-badger game was popular in the Middle Ages. People put the caught badger in a box, then put a dog in the box, and let the dog bite the badger repeatedly. After each bite, the dog owner will separate them, and so on, in order to win the most times in the specified time. Because the dog will bite the badger repeatedly in this game, the word badger derives the meaning of "bothering and pestering".
badger：['b? d? Badger vt. pestered; Clamoring for it; annoyed
4. bear: A brown animal
The word bear comes from old English, from primitive Germanic language and primitive Indo-European language, and the word brown.
It means "brown animal". It is likely that it was originally just a brown bear, and later it became a general term for "bear".
bear：[b? Bear
brown： [bra? Brown; brown
5. beaver: A brown animal
The word beaver is the same as the word bear, both from primitive Germanic language and primitive Indo-European language, and it is related to the word brown, which means "brown animal". The letter V in beaver is actually the sound change of the letter B, so beaver is actually equal to bea+ber, and these two components are homologous to the words bear and brown, meaning "brown".
beaver：['biv? ] beaver; Beaver fur
6. beetle: A small insect that can bite.
The word beetle comes from old English and is homologous to the verb bite, which means "bite bug".
beetle：['bi? t(? ) l] beetle; Hammer vi. Hurry back and forth; Strike with a mallet
bite：[ba? T] v. bite; Bite; sting; A bite; Bite; prick
7. buffalo: a misnomer for bison by North American colonists.
The English word buffalo originally meant buffalo. After the European colonists arrived in North America, they found a large number of American bison in North America. The colonists had never seen this kind of cow before, so they mistakenly called it buffalo. Later, although people knew that this statement was wrong, they became accustomed to it. So when you see the word buffal, you need to pay attention to distinguish the areas where the word appears. If it is in Europe, it means "buffalo", if it is in North America, it means "bison".
Bison used to be the main economic pillar of local Indians. When European colonists arrived in North America, they killed bison on a large scale. There was once a hunter who was famous for killing bison in North America. He was called Buffalo Bill. There is a city called Buffalo in western New York, USA, because it is rich in bison and was once a hunting place for Indians.
buffalo：['b? f? l? Buffalo, bison
8. butterfly: A flying insect that likes butter.
The English word butter+fly consists of butter and fly. So, what is the relationship between butterflies and butter? There is a saying that it is because butterflies like to steal butter and milk, another saying that it is because many butterflies are like butter, and there is even a saying that the feces of butterflies are like butter.
butterfly：['b? t? fla? ] butterfly
butter： ['b? t? Butter on; Please butter; Cream; flattering remarks
fly：[fla? ] v. fly; Fly an airplane; (cause) to fly; Flies; Two-winged insect
9. canary: a bird unique to the canary islands
Located in the Atlantic Ocean in northwest Africa, the Canary Islands belongs to Spain and is one of the winter resorts frequented by Europeans.
In 40 BC, King Yuba II of Mauritania sent an expedition here. When he saw that there were many huge wild dogs on one of the islands, he called the island Canaria, which means "dog island", because canis means "dog" in Latin. Spelled Canary in English, the whole archipelago is called Canary islands. Canary is also called canary because its origin is in this archipelago. Canary can also mean "light yellow" because canaries are mostly light yellow. San Mao, a Taiwan Province woman writer, and her Spanish husband Jose's home are located in las palmas, the capital of gran canaria in the Canary Islands.
canary： [k? 'ne? r? ] canary, pale yellow
10. caterpillar: A cat with thick and messy hair.
The English word caterpillar comes from the Latin word catta pilosa, which consists of catta(cat) and pilosus (thick and messy hair). It literally means "cat with thick and messy hair" and Chinese is translated as "caterpillar". The second half of its spelling is influenced by the middle English word piller, because people think that caterpillars will eat bark. Besides "caterpillar", Caterpillar can also represent tracked vehicles because they are similar in appearance.
caterpillar：['k? t? p? l? ] caterpillar; Tracked vehicle
pillage：['p? l? d? Plunder v. plunder, plunder
1 1. cattle (cattle, livestock): the most important assets of farmers.
The English word cattle comes from the Latin noun capitale, which comes from the noun caput/capitis, meaning the number of heads of livestock. Therefore, in ancient times, the most important asset in farmers' homes was livestock, and the number of livestock represented the amount of property. In French, the spelling of the word evolved into catel, and after entering English, it further evolved into cattle, and its meaning changed from "head count" to "livestock", especially "cattle".
cattle：['k? Tl] cattle; Livestock (swearing words); Livestock; Worthless person
12. centipede: A reptile with a hundred feet.
The appearance of centipede is characterized by many feet, which is also reflected in its English name. In English, the word for "centipede" is Centipede, which is a combination of centum (hundred) and pedis (foot), literally meaning "a reptile with a hundred feet".
centipede：['s? nt? Pid] centipede
13. chameleon: the lion on the ground
The English word chameleon comes from the Greek khamaileon and consists of khamai (on the ground) +leon (lion), which literally means "lion on the ground". The chameleon got its name because its head and neck have a huge crown, which looks like the mane of a lion's neck.
chameleon：[k? 'mi? l? A chameleon, a fickle person
14. chimpanzee: the closest animal to human beings.
The English word chimpanzee (Chimpanzee) entered English in 1738, and it came from Bantu kivili chimpenze (Dummy) in Angola, Africa. Compared with other orangutans, chimpanzee (chimpanzee) is closer to human beings in gene and appearance, and is biologically classified into hominid, not gorilla. When ancient Africans first saw chimpanzees, they probably regarded them as the result of mating between humans and other species, so they were given such a name. In fact, chimpanzees are indeed very similar to humans. They form a tight social group and can use sticks and stones to make crude tools for hunting and gathering food.
chimpanzee：[,t? mp? Chimpanzee
15. clam: an animal with a shell like pliers.
Clam is a mollusk with a shell. Its shell is like a pair of pliers, which can hold things tightly. Therefore, the ancient Scots named it clam. The word comes from the old English clamm, which means "grip". The English word clamp also comes from this. That's why the spelling of the words clam and clamp is so similar.
clam：[kl? Clam, taciturn person, pliers vi. Clam fishing; Keep silent, shut up.
clamp：[kl? Mp] clamp vt. clamp, fix
16. crab: an animal that crawls with its claws.
The word crab comes from the primitive Germanic language, and it is homologous to the old Scandinavian krafla (scratch, scrape) and the old Highland German krapho (hook), and it is also homologous to the English word crawl. It can be seen that the name crab is related to the claws of crabs and their crawling, which can be understood as "animals crawling with claws".
crab：[kr? [b] crab; Crab meat; A grumpy person
crabby：['kr? Bi] irritable; short-tempered
crawl：[kr? L] n.v. crawling; Crawl; March slowly
17. crayfish: A fish like a crab.
Crayfish looks like a shrimp, but its former minister has a pair of big claws and looks like a crab. So westerners call it "crab" instead of "shrimp". Cary in the word crayfish evolved from crab. The latter fish was added in16th century.
crayfish：['kre'f? ] crayfish
18. crane: a bird with a high voice
Crane's cry is very characteristic, a bit like crow's cry, and its voice is loud and high, so there is a special saying of "crane's cry" in Chinese. Crane, the English word for "crane", is an onomatopoeic word, which actually imitates the sound of cranes.
Crane: [kren] crane; Crane, crane
19. crow: a bird with a high voice.
Like the word crane, the word crow is also an onomatopoeic word, which originally means the crow of a rooster or the high-pitched cry of a bird. Because crows cry loudly, this word means crows when used as nouns.
Crow: [kro] VI. crow; Crow at dawn; Chicken crow; pinch bar
20. cricket: a creaking bug
Click-by-click cricket, which means "cricket" in English, comes from ancient French. The first half of the cricket-is to imitate the sound of crickets. Similar words include click (click, click, click) and creak (creak, creak). The second half -et stands for (small), so it literally means "creaking bug" The corresponding Chinese word "cricket" is also two pictophonetic characters, in which "Xi" and "rate" are both imitations of sounds, such as "rustling".
cricket：['kr? k? T] cricket, cricket; cricket
click：[kl? Click on it; Make a click. vi. Make a click. ticking sound
Creak: [krik] n. creak vi. make a creak; Squeeze sth. make it creak.
2 1. crocodile: a reptile that likes to bask in the sun on pebbles.
The English word crocodile comes from the Greek word krokodilos, which consists of kroko (pebble) +drilos (reptile), literally meaning "reptile who likes to bask in the sun on pebbles". It first appeared in the famous book History by Herodotus, an ancient Greek historian, to represent crocodiles in the Nile River in Egypt. Crocodiles obviously get this name because they like to bask in the sun on pebbles.
crocodile： ['kr? k? da? Crocodile
22. cuckoo: a cooing bird
Cuckoo is called "Cuckoo" because it sounds like "Cuckoo ~ Cuckoo ~". The English word cuckoo also comes from the sound of this bird. It comes from ancient French cucu, which is an onomatopoeic word, imitating the cuckoo's call. After entering English, the spelling became cuckoo, but the pronunciation hardly changed.
cuckoo：['k? Ku] cuckoo; Rhododendron; Cooing
23. cuttlefish: A fish like a bag.
Cuttle in the word cuttlefish comes from old English and primitive Germanic, meaning "bag". So cuttlefish literally means "fish like a bag". The squid got its name because its body is like a leather bag.
cuttlefish： ['k? tlf? ] squid; cuttlefish
24. cygnet: a foreign word from the Romanesque family.
In English, the word for "swan" is Swan, and there is a special word for "Little Swan". What's the matter? It turns out that swan is an authentic English vocabulary, while cygnet is a foreign word, which is a small form of old French cigne (swan), while the latter comes from Latin cygnus (swan).
cygnet：['s? ɡn? Little swan
25. dinosaur: A terrifying lizard.
Dinosaur was first named by British scientist Richard? Created by Richard Owen in 1842, it is a combination of Greek deinos (scary) and sauros (lizard), which literally means "scary lizard". Dinosaurs and lizards have the same ancestor. Although they are similar to lizards on the surface, their biological structures are actually far more advanced than lizards, snakes and turtles. The Chinese character "dinosaur" was translated by Japanese biologists and later accepted by China. In fact, dinosaurs have nothing in common with China's "dragon".
dinosaur：['da? n? s? ] dinosaur, outdated person or thing
saurian：['s? r? Lizard ['lizard] n. lizard, lizard
tyrannosaurus：[t? r? n? 's? :r? Tyrannosaurus rex