tortoiselikeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

tortoise +‎ -like

形容詞

tortoiselike (comparative more tortoiselike, superlative most tortoiselike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a tortoise; thus frequently slow or unhurried
   • 2009, January 7, “Ken Johnson”, in It Is What It Is: Portraits of the Human Figure^[1]:

     With a bland touch and tortoiselike patience, he recorded arrangements of one or more bodies in drowsy repose surrounded by rugs, blankets and furniture.

反意語

• untortoiselike

参考

• turtlelike

形容詞

tortoise-like (comparative more tortoise-like, superlative most tortoise-like)

1. Alternative form of tortoiselike.
   • 1961 December, H. G. Ellison and P. G. Barlow, “Journey through France: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 749:

     No. 320 finally drew into Paris one minute early, having run the 78.3 miles from Longueau in 65½min, inclusive of a permanent way slack and the usual tortoise-like progress from St. Denis.