ga·tor /ˈɡeɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countableC] American EnglishAmE informal → gaiteran alligator 短吻鳄
gator• Okay, so I was a kid checking out the snakes and gators of my childhood.• Alligators are not particularly sociable animals, and big bull gators often will stake out their own ponds.• But a srnall gator sunned himself on a bank, an egret leaned forward knee-deep in the standing pool.• Now the gators are collectors items.