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amphibian的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [æmˈfibi:ən]
KK音标发音： [æmˈfɪbiən]

amphibian的词性：
n.（名词）

1. A cold-blooded, smooth-skinned vertebrate of the class Amphibia, such as a frog or salamander, that characteristically hatches as an aquatic larva with gills. The larva then transforms into an adult having air-breathing lungs.
两栖动物：一种两栖纲的皮肤光滑的冷血脊椎动物，如蛙或蝾螈，此类动物的特征是有鳃的幼虫在水中孵化，然后逐渐转变成用肺呼吸的成虫

2. An animal capable of living both on land and in water.
水陆两栖动物

3. An aircraft that can take off and land on either land or water.
水陆两用飞机：可以在水面和地面起飞降落的飞机

4. A tracked or wheeled vehicle that can operate both on land and in water.
水陆两用车

amphibian的词源：

5. From New Latin Amphibia [class name]
源自 现代拉丁语 Amphibia [纲名]

6. from Greek [neuter pl. of] amphibios [amphibious]
源自 希腊语 [] amphibios的中性复数 [两栖的]

7. amphi- [amphi-]
amphi- [前缀amphi-]

8. bios [life] * see g ^wei-
bios [生命] *参见 g ^wei-