- 1變色龍；（比喻）善於變化的人
A small lizard that can change the color of its skin to match its surroundings, so it can hide from danger. People also call a person a 'chameleon' when they easily change their behavior, opinions, or style depending on the situation - this can be a compliment (adaptable) or a criticism (no fixed, true personality).
組成From old Greek words meaning 'ground' and 'lion' - literally something like 'ground lion.'
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
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chameleonnoun/kəˈmi.li.ən/
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A small to mid-size reptile, of the family Chamaeleonidae, and one of the best known lizard families able to change color and project its long tongue.
- Milk of chameleon was recommended as an erotic stimulant by Avicenna.
- A contagious neuro-ego-disease. A virus sticking to liars. We're the self-centered fuel to boost the new strain of fire. Adapting, shifting, lacking opinion. Our numbers exceeding the billions. Everly walking among ourselves down the corridor of chameleons.
- 2
A person with inconstant behavior; one able to quickly adjust to new circumstances.
- He is a political chameleon, as charming to business leaders he met privately in Aberdeen on Friday night as he has been inspiring to distressed and desperate Labour defectors in Glasgow and beyond.
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natural-sciencesphysical-sciencesphysicsA hypothetical scalar particle with a non-linear self-interaction, giving it an effective mass that depends on its environment: the presence of other fields.
chameleonadj/kəˈmi.li.ən/
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That changes or modifies its color.
- The wall was covered with a chameleon paint.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。