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a/an + ridley
ridley 是可数名词，指一种海龟。
A ridley crawled across the sand.
一只鳞龟爬过沙滩。
鳞龟
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鳞龟
a marine turtle
A ridley crawled across the sand.
一只鳞龟爬过沙滩。
丽龟属(Lepidochelys)的任一种海龟,分布于大西洋和太平洋。
Any of the marine turtles of the genus Lepidochelys, found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
A ridley swam slowly near the coral reef.
一只鳞龟在珊瑚礁附近缓慢游动。
The researchers tagged several ridleys to track their migration.
研究人员给几只鳞龟装上标记以追踪它们的迁徙。
Every spring, ridleys come ashore to lay their eggs on the beach.
每年春天，鳞龟都会上岸在海滩上产卵。
ridley 是可数名词，指一种海龟。
A ridley crawled across the sand.
一只鳞龟爬过沙滩。
复数形式为 ridleys。
The ridleys are migrating along the coast.
这些鳞龟正沿着海岸迁徙。
用定冠词指整个物种时常用 the + 单数名词。
The ridley lives in warm seas.
鳞龟生活在温暖的海洋中。
Not this
There are many ridlies in the Gulf of Mexico.
Use this
There are many ridleys in the Gulf of Mexico.
ridley 以元音字母 e + y 结尾，构成复数时直接加 -s，不能按辅音 + y 的规则把 y 改成 ies。
Not this
I saw ridley at the aquarium.
Use this
I saw a ridley at the aquarium.
ridley 是可数名词单数，前面需要冠词 a/an；汉语没有冠词，容易漏掉，所以要加 a。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
肯氏鳞龟（一种稀有海龟）
Kemp's ridley is one of the smallest sea turtles.
肯氏鳞龟是最小的海龟之一。
橄榄鳞龟
Olive ridleys nest on the same beach every year.
橄榄鳞龟每年都在同一片海滩筑巢。
鳞龟
The ridley turtle lives in warm ocean waters.
鳞龟生活在温暖的海洋水域。
鳞龟幼龟
The ridley hatchling crawled toward the sea.
鳞龟幼龟向大海爬去。
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Ridley像'ride-Lee'，想象Lee骑着海龟在海里游，记住它是海龟。
语域：neutral 常见场景：海洋生物学、野生动物保护 这个词指一类海龟（鳞龟属），多用于动物学或野生动物保护等较书面、专业的语境，日常口语中不太常用。
Genuine rhymes: fiddly, piddly, and tiddly all match ridley's stressed vowel and following sounds (/ˈ...ɪdli/). Spelling warning: idly looks similar (-idly) but is pronounced /ˈaɪdli/ with a long i, so it does not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.