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A big lizard from the warm parts of the Americas — Central and South America and the Caribbean. Green iguanas are the famous ones: they can grow well over a metre long counting the tail, they have a row of spines down the back and a loose flap of skin under the chin, and they climb trees and eat leaves and fruit. They look like small dragons, which is why people notice them.
A big lizard一種大蜥蜴 from the warm parts of the Americas — Central and South America and the Caribbean來自美洲溫暖的地區——中南美洲和加勒比海一帶 Green iguanas are the famous ones綠鬣蜥是最有名的一種 they can grow well over a metre long counting the tail連尾巴算進去可以長到超過一公尺 they have a row of spines down the back背上有一排刺 and a loose flap of skin under the chin下巴下面有一片鬆垮的皮 and they climb trees and eat leaves and fruit而且會爬樹，吃樹葉和水果 They look like small dragons牠們看起來像小龍 which is why people notice them這也是為什麼大家會注意到牠們
In English the word turns up in three places: nature programmes, holiday stories ('there was an iguana sitting on the wall by the pool'), and pet-keeping, since iguanas are kept as exotic pets and are hard to look after.
In English the word turns up in three places在英語裡，這個字會出現在三種場合 nature programmes自然生態節目 holiday stories ('there was an iguana sitting on the wall by the pool')度假遊記（像『there was an iguana sitting on the wall by the pool（有隻鬣蜥坐在泳池邊的牆上）』這種說法） and pet-keeping還有養寵物的時候 since iguanas are kept as exotic pets and are famously hard to look after因為鬣蜥被當作特殊寵物來養，而且出了名地不好照顧
It is a countable noun: one iguana, two iguanas. Pronounce it in three beats with a 'w' sound in the middle: i-GWA-na. Note that the middle vowel is a wide 'ah'.
It is a countable noun這是一個可數名詞 one iguana, two iguanas一隻是one iguana，兩隻是two iguanas Pronounce it in three beats with a 'w' sound in the middle唸的時候分三個音節，中間帶一個『w』的音 i-GWA-na唸作i-GWA-na Note that the middle vowel is a wide 'ah'要注意中間的母音是很開的『啊』
組成Borrowed from Spanish iguana, which took it from Taíno, a language of the Caribbean. So the word travelled: Taíno to Spanish to English, along with the animal itself.
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。
iguananoun/ɪ.ɡjuˈɑːnə/
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A green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet.
- The problem with keeping the green iguana as a pet is that they are often misfed. For example, some will feed them meat or meat-based foods […]
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biologynatural-scienceszoologyAny member of the genus Iguana.
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In America and the Pacific, any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae.
- Marine iguanas line the shores of the islands, and are usually seen sprawled over lava rocks near the sea.
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In Africa, any large member of the genus Varanus, especially the aquatic Nile monitor (see leguan).
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Any member of the genus Varanus (see goanna).
- The last they had had, was an iguana one of the blacks had brought in; and though he felt disgusted at the idea of eating it, he made up into a kind of stew, and they both enjoyed it immensely.
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。