gecko
/ˈɡɛk.əʊ//ˈɡɛk.oʊ/
- n.
- 壁虎
中文释义来自 ECDICT
gecko1词源 1
词源链
- ace
gèh-gòh‘busy’
派生
- ms
gekok
派生
- 英语English
gecko
词源说明
The modern form was probably borrowed into English and other European languages from Dutch gekko (1718). Contemporary English forms were chacco (1711) and jackoa (1724). The further origin is not quite clear. Some sources mention a supposed Malay gekok, gekoq, or gekop, which would be imitative of the gecko’s chirping sound. Another theory derives it from Acehnese gèh-gòh (“busy”).
释义
名词noun
- 1Any lizard in the infraorder Gekkota.
- 2Any lizard of the family Gekkonidae of small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and adhesive toes enabling them to climb on vertical and upside-down surfaces.
动词verb
- 1rareTo move in the manner of a gecko; to attach to a vertical or upside-down surface.