喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can picture the animal itself: a long, low, armoured body lying in a warm river, with a long mouth full of teeth. Everything else the word does is either a piece of that animal, or a shape that reminds people of it.

那隻動物本身——一具長長的、貼著水面的身體，泡在熱帶的河裡，一張長長的嘴巴排滿牙齒，背上是一格一格的硬皮。這個字其他…更多收起那隻動物本身——一具長長的、貼著水面的身體，泡在熱帶的河裡，一張長長的嘴巴排滿牙齒，背上是一格一格的硬皮。這個字其他的用法，都還牽著這隻動物：不是牠身上取下來的東西（那身硬皮做成的皮件），就是有人覺得「那個東西看起來像牠」（一長條慢慢移動的隊伍），再不然就是關於牠的一個老傳說（鱷魚一邊吃獵物一邊流眼淚）。

Three branches

動物與牠的皮

最實在的一組：活的那隻動物，以及從牠身上取下來的材料。

large reptile · noun · A2

a large reptile with a long mouth and many sharp teeth, which lives in lakes and rivers in the hot, wet parts of the world.

鱷魚

像鱷魚的一長條隊伍

不是比喻鱷魚的兇，而是比喻牠的形狀：又長又低、整條一起移動。

line of children walking in pairs · noun · C1

a long line of people, especially school children, walking two by two.

路隊

假哭：crocodile tears

從關於這隻動物的一個古老說法長出來的，不是從牠的外型。

crocodile tears · noun · B2

used in the phrase crocodile tears, about someone who looks sad, sorry, or upset but does not really feel that way.

假意的眼淚

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

crocodilenoun詞源 1/ˈkɹɑkədaɪl/

  • 1

    Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials.

    • The Roman poet Horace states that the excrement of the crocodile has aphrodisiac virtues.
    • Industrial and rural expansion is shrinking and destroying the Nile crocodile's natural habitat. The Nile crocodiles, in particular, have been a source of highly durable leather for a variety of products which can be crafted and manufactured.
  • 2

    A long line or procession of people (especially children) walking together.

    • Sometimes the kids from the slap-up boys' schools in Eastbourne used to be led round in crocodiles to hand out fags and peppermint creams to the 'wounded Tommies', as they called us.
  • 3

    human-scienceslogicmathematicsA fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile.

    • We have seen syllogisms, crocodiles, enthymemas, sorites, &c. explained and tried upon a boy of nine or ten years old in playful conversation[…]
  • 4

    greedy or corrupt person (especially a politician or any public official)

crocodileverb詞源 2/ˈkɹɑkədaɪl/

  • 1

    slangTo speak another language than Esperanto at an Esperanto-language gathering.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。