1.【动】龟; 乌龟
2.〈比喻〉行动缓慢的人
1.[Animal]an animal that walks slowly and can pull its head and legs into the shell on its back
2.<figurative>a person who moves very slowly
1.Scientists have now rectified that situation, although you might call it a slow fix. Because tortoises are the key.
现在，科学家们修正了这个状况，尽管你可以把这称为缓慢的修正。因为，陆龟是其中的关键。
2.Great metal tortoises filed past me on either side, imposing enough to signal their presence at the corner of my eyes.
大金属龟分成两排在我两侧鱼贯消逝，以侵入我的眼角宣告它们的存在。
3.The business value of a message might be long-lived or it may vanish in seconds (tortoises and hares).
消息的业务价值可能是长期存在的，或者可能在数秒内消失（好比乌龟和兔子）。
4.It said that there is an accumulating pile of evidence of damage that this does to larger forms of marine life like seals and tortoises.
并且说有更多的证据表明这会给更大型的海洋生物比如说是海豹和海龟造成危害。
5.Often, poachers roam villages in groups of up to 100, picking up thousands of tortoises over several weeks.
偷猎者通常组成100多人的团伙，在各个村落搜寻陆龟，几个星期就可以拣获数千只。
6.The airport had to promise to check the runway for endangered desert tortoises prior to any space flights.
该机场必须保证，在任何太空飞行前，检查跑道上是否有濒危的沙漠龟。
7.The importing of tortoises is now officially banned, but some still seem get in by the back door and find their way into pet shops.
官方现在禁止进口乌龟，但有些乌龟似乎仍然通过后门进来了，并流入了宠物商店。
8.Giant tortoises can live for up to 150 years and are the longest living vertebrate animals.
大乌龟可以活150年，是脊椎动物中寿命最长的。
9.It has imposed new controls on immigration and imported goods, and last month reintroduced giant tortoises to Pinta island.
厄瓜多尔已经对外来移民以及进口货物施加了新的管制措施，并且在上个月将巨型陆龟重新引入了平塔岛。
10.I always passed by a pet shop, seeing dogs, canaries, tortoises to be sold there.
翻译我常途经宠物店，看到小狗、金丝雀、乌龟在那儿出售。