tortoise shell

基本解释

OBJECTIVE:Seeking the technology standard of processing tortoise shell and the standard of the extent of pulverizing processed tortoise shell.
前言：目的：探讨龟甲炮制工艺标准及炮制品粉碎度标准。
Moreover, underscoring the woman's apparent special status, her head was placed on top of one tortoise shell, and the other shells were arrayed above, below, and around her body.
此外，坟墓很明显还强调了这个妇女的特殊地位，她的头被放在一个龟甲的上面，并且其它龟壳被排列在身体的上面，下面和周围。
A broken tortoise shell found at the Luoyang excavation site was likely used for psychic practices thousands of years ago.
这个破损的龟壳出土于洛阳墓葬遗址，很可能在数千年前就被用于占卜仪式。
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In parts of Angola, putting a tortoise shell under your door is meant to ward off your rivals' muti.
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Tortoiseshell is the hard shell of a kind of sea turtle. It is brown and yellow in colour and is often polished and used to make jewellery and ornaments.
Tortoiseshell means made of tortoiseshell or made of a material which resembles tortoiseshell.