英['ælɪɡeɪtə(r)]美['ælɪɡeɪtər]
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当西班牙殖民者初次踏上美洲大陆，遇到美洲特有的短吻鳄时，就用西班牙语称其为el lagarto（the lizard，蜥蜴）。后来说英语的殖民者沿用了西班牙人对其的称谓，在英语中将其称作lagarto。但在16世纪末期，有些人误将西班牙语中的定冠词el也看作该词的一部分，因此就从西班牙语el lagarto中产生了英语单词alligator。alligator与crocodile的区别在于，alligator指的是美洲特有的短吻鳄，而crocodile是一个传统单词，用来统称“鳄鱼”。=alligator['?l?ge?t?]n短吻鳄，美洲鳄=crocodile['kr?k?da?l]n鳄鱼
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小知识
An alligator is a very big reptile — a scaly, four-footed animal with a long tail. You might see an alligator if you travel to Florida or Louisiana.
Alligators are only found in the warmest, swampiest places in the United States and China — and occasionally in the zoo. They can grow as long as fourteen feet and can weigh more than 900 pounds, and they eat turtles, birds, fish, and sometimes deer. Alligator comes from the Spanish el lagarto, or “lizard.” In the 1930s, if someone called you an alligator, they might have been referring to your love for swing music.
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alligator sinensis扬子鳄；中国鳄；