porcupine

[美]/'pɔːkjʊpaɪn/
[英]/'pɔrkjə'paɪn/
词频: 极高

释义

n. 豪猪; 箭猪
词形变化
复数porcupines
过去分词porcupined

例句

a porcupine's panoply of quills.

豪猪的带刺甲胄

A porcupine is covered with prickles.

箭猪身上长满了刺。

The porcupine's quills are sharp and can easily pierce skin.

豪猪的刺尖锐,可以轻易刺破皮肤。

Porcupines are nocturnal animals, meaning they are most active at night.

豪猪是夜行动物,意味着它们在夜间最活跃。

A porcupine's diet mainly consists of plants, bark, and fruit.

豪猪的饮食主要包括植物、树皮和水果。

Porcupines are known for their unique defense mechanism of raising their quills when threatened.

豪猪以抬起刺作为威胁时的独特防御机制而闻名。

The porcupine curled into a ball to protect itself from predators.

豪猪蜷缩成一团以保护自己免受捕食者的伤害。

Porcupines can be found in various habitats, including forests, deserts, and grasslands.

豪猪可以在各种栖息地中找到,包括森林、沙漠和草原。

The porcupine's spines are actually modified hairs.

豪猪的刺实际上是经过改良的毛发。

Predators such as cougars and fishers have learned to avoid porcupines due to their sharp quills.

由于豪猪的刺尖锐,捕食者如美洲狮和渔猫已学会避开豪猪。

Porcupines are excellent climbers and can easily navigate through trees using their strong claws.

豪猪是优秀的攀爬者,可以借助强壮的爪子轻松穿越树木。

Porcupines are solitary animals and typically only come together during the breeding season.

豪猪是独居动物,通常只在繁殖季节期间聚集在一起。

原声例句

The event's mascot is a porcupine, which, though well-armed, only causes pain when attacked.

节日的吉祥物是一只豪猪,尽管全副武装,但遇袭时仍会疼痛。

来源: The Economist (Summary)

They're actually related to porcupines and guinea pigs!

它们其实是豪猪和豚鼠的亲戚!

来源: National Geographic (Children's Section)

Porcupines swing their tails to stick predators with their quills.

豪猪会摇尾巴来使掠食者被自己的刺给粘住。

来源: One Hundred Thousand Whys

We did prehensile-tailed porcupine and ball python and tenrec and three-banded armadillo.

我们拍摄了卷卷尾豪猪球、蟒、马岛猬和三束犰狳。

来源: CNN 10 Student English September 2022 Collection

If stock investors are the quokkas of the financial kingdom, bond investors are the porcupines: wary and naturally defensive.

如果说股票投资者是金融王国的矮袋鼠,那么债券投资者就是豪猪:警惕且天生具有防御性。

来源: The Economist (Summary)

Known as the porcupine herd, each year, they travel up to five thousand kilometers.

它们被称为格兰特驯鹿,每年要迁徙长达五千公里的路程。

来源: Wild Arctic

Similarly, these two look rodents look so much alike that we named them both “porcupine, ”

同样的,这两种啮齿动物看起来非常相似,于是我们把它们都叫做“豪猪”。

来源: "Minute Earth" Fun Science Popularization

To make a modern analogy, think of Utahraptor as a wolf and Gastonia as a porcupine.

做一个现代的类比,可以把犹他盗龙当成狼而加斯顿龙当成是豪猪。

来源: Jurassic Fight Club

A cormorant may be looking for lunch, but chasing a porcupine puffer fish is all about fun.

鸬鹚也许在寻找午餐,但追逐一只剌鲀纯属是为了好玩。

来源: Ocean Original Soundtrack

Their burrows are used by warthogs, porcupines, meerkats and even by endangered pangolins as shelter from heat and cold.

它们的洞穴被疣猪、豪猪、猫鼬甚至濒危的穿山甲用作避暑和避寒的场所。

来源: Science in 60 Seconds - Scientific American July 2021 Collection

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