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chameleon    音标拼音: [tʃəm'ɛliən] [kəm'iliən]
n. 变色龙,善变的人,轻浮的人 ;
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chameleon
n 1: a changeable or inconstant person
2: a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern
hemisphere near Apus and Mensa [synonym: {Chamaeleon},
{Chameleon}]
3: lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and
having a projectile tongue [synonym: {chameleon}, {chamaeleon}]

Chameleon \Cha*me"le*on\ (k[.a]*m[=e]"l[-e]*[u^]n), n. [L.
Chamaeleon, Gr. chamaile`wn, lit., "ground lion;" chamai` on
the ground le`wn lion. See {Humble}, and {Lion}.] (Zool.)
1. A lizardlike reptile of the genus {Cham[ae]leo}, of
several species, found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The
skin is covered with fine granulations; it has eyes which
can move separately, the tail is prehensile, and the body
is much compressed laterally, giving it a high back. It is
remarkable for its ability to change the color of its skin
to blend with its surroundings. [Also sometimes spelled
{chamaeleon}.]
[1913 Webster PJC]

Note: Its color changes more or less with the color of the
objects about it, or with its temper when disturbed. In
a cool, dark place it is nearly white, or grayish; on
admitting the light, it changes to brown, bottle-green,
or blood red, of various shades, and more or less
mottled in arrangment. The American chameleons belong
to {Anolis} and allied genera of the family
{Iguanid[ae]}. They are more slender in form than the
true chameleons, but have the same power of changing
their colors.
[1913 Webster]

2. a person who changes opinions, ideas, or behavior to suit
the prevailing social climate; an opportunist.
[PJC]

{Chameleon mineral} (Chem.), the compound called {potassium
permanganate}, a dark violet, crystalline substance,
{KMnO4}, which in formation passes through a peculiar
succession of color from green to blue, purple, red, etc.
See {Potassium permanganate}, under {Potassium}.
[1913 Webster]

88 Moby Thesaurus words for "chameleon":
April showers, Dalmatian, Gila monster, Proteus, Vicar of Bray,
agama, alligator, anole, antigorite, bearded lizard, blindworm,
box turtle, butterfly, butterfly agama, candy cane, cayman,
cheetah, chrysotile, cloud shapes, confetti, crazy quilt,
crocodile, diamondback, dragon, false map turtle, firedog,
flying dragon, formalist, gavial, gecko, girdle-tailed lizard,
glass snake, green turtle, harlequin, hawksbill, hawksbill turtle,
iguana, iris, jaguar, kaleidoscope, leatherback, leopard, lizard,
mackerel, mackerel sky, marble, marbled paper, matamata, mercury,
moire, monitor, moon, mother-of-pearl, mugger, nacre, ocelot, opal,
ophite, patchwork quilt, peacock, quicksilver, rainbow,
rolling stone, sea turtle, serpentine, serpentine marble,
shifting sands, shot silk, soft-shelled turtle, spectrum,
stump tail, teju, temporizer, terrapin, the weather, timepleaser,
timeserver, tortoise, tortoise shell, trimmer, tuatara, turtle,
water, weather vane, weathercock, wheel of fortune, whirligig,
zebra

Chameleon
a species of lizard which has the faculty of changing the colour
of its skin. It is ranked among the unclean animals in Lev.
11:30, where the Hebrew word so translated is _coah_ (R.V.,
"land crocodile"). In the same verse the Hebrew _tanshemeth_,
rendered in Authorized Version "mole," is in Revised Version
"chameleon," which is the correct rendering. This animal is very
common in Egypt and in the Holy Land, especially in the Jordan
valley.



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