gecko

英语

发音

(標準英音) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈɡɛ.kəʊ/
(通用美式) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈɡɛ.koʊ/
（澳洲）音频： (檔案)
韻部：-ɛkəʊ
斷字：gec‧ko

词源 1

A female common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)
一只雌性疣尾蜥虎

现代形式可能是由荷蘭語 gekko（1718年）借入英语和其他欧洲语言 (1718）。当时在英语中的形式为chacco（1711年）和jackoa（1724年）。之后的来源不详。一些文献提出了馬來語 gekok、gekoq或gekop，它们可能是仿自壁虎的叫声。其他理论认为源自亞齊語 gèh-gòh (“忙的”)。

其他形式

chacco (弃用)、geco (弃用)、gekko、jackoa (弃用)

名词

gecko (複數 geckos 或 geckoes)

壁虎
- 1839, William Rhind, “Reptiles”, 出自 Elements of Zoology; Embracing a View of Life as Manifested in the Various Gradations of Organized Beings, Edinburgh: Fraser & Crawford; John Anderson, Junior; and Maclachlan & Stewart; Smith, Elder, & Co. and H. Washbourne, London; W. Curry, Junior, & Co. Dublin, →OCLC，第 85–86 頁s:
  Order II. Sauria. […] The heart has two auricles. The body is covered with scales, and there are three or four feet. The lungs are large, and extend along the back. The mouth is armed with teeth, and the toes with claws. The tail is long, and often thick at the base. […] Geckotida—geco
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- 1931, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences, 第 108 卷, London: Royal Society of London, →OCLC，第 456 頁:
  Leishmania infantum in Experimental Animals.—Experiments were carried out with geckoes, white mice, field mice (Microtus güntheri) and hamsters (Cricetus auratus and Cricetulus griseus).
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- 1962, Maurice Burton, “Geckoes”, 出自 The Illustrated London News, 第 CCXL 卷, 第 II 期, London: Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd., →OCLC，第 548 頁:
  GECKOES constitute a family of lizards remarkable for the large number of species it contains. They are also remarkable for a number of other features: for the readiness with which they have taken to living in houses, for their voices, the structure of their feet, the variation in the shape of the tail and for their eyes. […] As with the more familiar lizards, geckoes have the ability to cast the tail, and counts show that in some species two out of every five individuals have cast the tail and regenerated a new one.
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- 1971, Victorian Year Book, Melbourne, Vic.: Government Printer, →OCLC，第 23 頁:
  Family Gekkonidae (gekkos). In gekkos the skull is short and flat; the upper temporal bone arch is missing; the post-orbital and lacrimal bones are absent; and the jugal bone is very reduced.
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- 1975年9月27日, Colin Tudge, “How Gekko gecko defies gravity: A careful anatomical study of geckoes, those extremely agile climbing lizards, reveals an extraordinary degree of adaptation of the foot bones and muscles”, 出自 New Scientist, 第 67 卷, 第 968 期, London: New Science Publications, →OCLC，第 696 頁:
  Many lizards, including the British common and sand lizards of the family Lacertidae, clamber over rocks with great agility; none matches the geckoes, some of which can run up, down, or across vertical glass as easily as most beasts run on the flat, and indeed can happily traverse ceilings.
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- 1988, Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Aligarh, 第 20 卷, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India: Government of Uttar Pradesh, →OCLC，第 15 頁:
  Other reptiles found in the district are the chamaeleon, geco and monitor lizard, the last getting extinct due to netting and shooting. It is now protected by law.
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- 2009 January, Ginel Corina Hill, “Introduction”, 出自 Dual-axis MEMS Force Sensors for Gecko Adhesion Studies (unpublished Ph.D. dissertation), Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University, →OCLC，第 1 頁:
  The marvelous ability of geckos to run down trees, surefooted and head first, was first noted by Aristotle over two thousand years ago. However, Aristotle was not able to see the tiny hairs, called setae, that cover the toes of geckos and empower this feat. The setae are part of an adhesive system that allows geckos to maneuver on a wide variety of substrates, to run upside-down, and to arrest their falls. Geckos can run vertically at over 1 m/s and can carry over twice their body weight up smooth, vertical surfaces.
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- 2014, Wil Mara, From Gecko Feet to Adhesive Tape (Innovations from Nature), Ann Arbor, Mich.: Cherry Lake Publishing, →ISBN，第 21–22 頁s:
  The potential uses for gecko-inspired adhesive products are nearly endless. People have found possible uses for them from sports and robotics, to medicine and home improvement.
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- 2016, Martyn Robinson, Australian Wildlife after Dark, Clayton, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing, →ISBN:
  By day, Golden-tailed Geckoes rest under curls of bark, the underside of branches, or in tree hollows but they seem to be fond of heat so these geckoes may even be in a situation where the sun shines on their daytime retreat all day. The Golden-tailed Gecko is an invertebrate-eater and by night its adhesive toe pads allow it to prowl the branches of Brigalow trees with ease, looking for small insects and spiders to capture.
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近義詞：geckotid、geckotian、gekkonid

上位詞：lizard

下义词

衍生词汇

gekkonine

参考资料

gecko在英語維基百科上的資料。維基百科 ^en

动词

gecko (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 geckos，現在分詞 geckoing，一般過去時及過去分詞 geckoed)

(罕用) 像壁虎一样移动（贴在垂直或朝下的平面上）
- 2006 October, Peter Watts, Blindsight, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN，第 344 頁:
  An emergency handpad, geckoed to the expanding bulkhead, slid past to one side. Sarasti grabbed it and tapped commands.
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- 2009, Wendelin Van Draanen, The Gecko & Sticky: The Greatest Power, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN，第 33 頁:
  And as Dave geckoed his way along the walls, he began seeing more and more skid marks left behind by Damien's Sewer Cruiser.
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- 2010, Wendelin Van Draanen, The Gecko & Sticky: Sinister Substitute, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN，第 121 頁:
  "H-h-here, boss!" Angelo called, and with that Dave kicked into gear, geckoing across the rest of the ceiling to the safety of the adjacent service room.
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