frog

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

frog [frog frogs] BrE [frɒɡ] NAmE [frɔːɡ] NAmE [frɑːɡ] noun
1. a small animal with smooth skin, that lives both on land and in water (= is an ↑amphibian ). Frogs have very long back legs for jumping, and no tail
•the croaking of frogs
2. Frog (informal)an offensive word for a French person
Idiom: ↑have a frog in your throat

Word Origin:
Old English frogga, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vors and German Frosch. Used as a general term of abuse in Middle English, the term was applied specifically to the Dutch in the 17th cent.; its application to the French (late 18th cent.) is partly alliterative, partly from the reputation of the French for eating frogs' legs.

Example Bank:
•The frog jumped into the pond.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  Gaul, toad, toad frog, anuran, batrachian, salientian