primate

[美]/'praɪmeɪt/
[英]/'praɪmet/
词频: 极高

释义

n. 灵长目动物主教
词形变化
复数primates

例句

Primate of all England

坎特伯雷大主教

the world primate city

世界首要城市

Cardinal Glemp, the primate of Poland.

红衣主教格伦普,波兰首席主教。

the divergence between primates and other groups.

灵长类和其他类别的差异。

14 per cent of primate species are highly endangered.

14% 的灵长类物种处于高度濒危状态。

But many primates, including humans, hae a third photopigment, encoded by a second gene on the X chromosome.

但是多数灵长类包括人类有着三种感光色素,通过在X染色体中的第二种基因编码。

There is only one known species of primate that still has a functioning third eyelid, and that is the Calabar angwantibo (closely related to lorises) which lives in West Africa.

半月皱襞是长在耳朵上部和中部连接处的一个很小的细长瘤。

Any of several small, slow-moving, nocturnal prosimian primates of the genera Loris and Nycticebus of tropical Asia, having dense woolly fur, large eyes, and a vestigial tail.

狐猴科;懒猴科;指猴科;大狐猴科;在某些分类中,替代原猴亚目;在另外一些分类中,被认为是原猴亚目的一个亚部。

原声例句

The Virunga Mountains are home to some famous and endangered primates.

维龙加山脉是一些出名的濒危灵长类动物的家园。

来源: CNN 10 Student English May 2021 Collection

As grassland specialists, they're the fastest-running primates in the world.

它们是世界上行动速度最快的灵长类动物,是草原上的专家。

来源: The secrets of our planet.

This ancestor looks more like today's Old World monkeys, but still a primate.

这个祖先看起来像东半球的猴子,但还是灵长目动物。

来源: PBS Fun Science Popularization

It's a legendary primate some people believe exists in the Himalayas and adjacent frozen lands.

这是一种传说中的灵长类动物,一些人相信它们存在于喜马拉雅山和邻近的冻土区。

来源: Science in 60 Seconds: April 2018 Compilation

We've got bigger butt muscles than other primates.

我们的臀肌比其它灵长类动物要大。

来源: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American April 2019 Collection

So being practical primates, they throw whatever they have in easy supply, and that means poo.

所以作为非常实际的灵长类动物,它们会扔掉自己容易获得的任何东西,也就是大便啦。

来源: One Hundred Thousand Whys

Ladies and gentlemen. Primates of all ages.

女士们先生们,各个年龄段的灵长类动物们。

来源: Universal Dialogue for Children's Animation

Or can other primates do it, too?

或者其他灵长类动物也能做到这一点?

来源: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American January 2022 Collection

One area of paleoanthropological study involves the eating and dietary habits of hominids, erect bipedal primates—including early humans.

古人类学研究的一个领域涉及原人(双脚直立行走的灵长类动物,包括早期人类)的饮食习惯。

来源: Master TOEFL Vocabulary in 7 Days

It describes the playful behavior of these primates.

它描述了这些灵长类动物的嬉戏行为。

来源: VOA Slow English - Word Stories

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