英语释义

1. any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal sense 2) Old World lizards with prehensile (see prehensile sense 1) tail, independently movable eyeballs, and unusual ability to change the color of the skin

2. a person who often changes his or her beliefs or behavior in order to please others or to succeed
She's a political chameleon.

3. one that is subject to quick or frequent change especially in appearance
Tourmaline is the chameleon of the gem kingdom because it can assume virtually any color.

4. american chameleon

5. a type of lizard that can change the color of its skin to look like the colors that are around it

6. a person who often changes his or her beliefs or behavior in order to please others or to succeed

7. a lizard that has the ability to change the color of its skin

片语

moonish反复无常的；如月的

capricious反复无常的；任性的

英汉例句

• the machining method of the chameleonic colored coating steel plate comprises the following steps of: (a) uncoiling and butting to obtain a steel plate to be washed;

  本发明的变色龙彩色涂覆层钢板的加工方法包括：a）开卷并且对接，得到待清洗钢板；

• mr carboni characterises the city's attitude, in his catalogue essay, as 「an almost perfect balance of religious esprit, chameleonic diplomacy and an unsentimentally practical mercantile system.」

  「一个几乎完美的宗教精神、反复无常的外交和无情的实际商业体系的平衡」 。

• with so many hair color changes, though, it seems lohan has graduated from bardot to the chameleonic madonna.

  不过随着头发颜色频繁的变换，罗韩似乎要从芭铎转型到百变天后麦当娜了。

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