English to afrikaans meaning of

salamander

"salamander" het veelvuldige betekenisse:Enige van verskeie klein tot mediumgrootte, stert amfibieë wat tipies gladde vel is en die vermoë het om verlore ledemate te regenereer.'n Mitiese dier wat die krag het om vuur sonder skade te verduur.'n Metaal- of klipvoorwerp wat in 'n oond of stoof gebruik word om hoë temperature of direkte hitte te weerstaan.'n Persoon of ding wat 'n blywende of onwrikbare kwaliteit of krag het. 'n Brandweerman wat in uiterste hitte werk, veral een wat brandende geboue binnegaan om brande te blus of mense te red.

Sentence Examples

  1. He tried again to catch it but it slithered just beyond his reach like a greased salamander.
  2. Or I was attracted by the passage of wild pigeons from this wood to that, with a slight quivering winnowing sound and carrier haste or from under a rotten stump my hoe turned up a sluggish portentous and outlandish spotted salamander, a trace of Egypt and the Nile, yet our contemporary.
  3. The man that had so tenderly made love to me a few hours ago had become a fire breathing newt, more akin to a mythical dragon than a salamander, and he was breathing fire down my throat.
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