primate
英 ['pra?me?t; -m?t]
美 ['pra?met]
- n. 大主教；靈長類的動物；首領(lǐng)
- adj. 靈長目動物的；首要的
助記提示
1、prim- + -ate.
2、含義：high bishop; animal of the biological order including monkeys and humans, so called from supposedly being the "highest" order of mammals (originally also including bats).
中文詞源
primate 靈長類動物來自prime,第一的，最初的，首要的，-ate,名詞后綴。后用于指靈長類動物。
英文詞源
- primate (n.)
- "high bishop," c. 1200, from Old French primat and directly from Medieval Latin primatem (nominative primas) "church primate," noun use of Late Latin adjective primas "of the first rank, chief, principal," from primus "first" (see prime (adj.)).
Meaning "animal of the biological order including monkeys and humans" is attested from 1876, from Modern Latin Primates (Linn?us), from plural of Latin primas; so called from supposedly being the "highest" order of mammals (originally also including bats).
雙語例句
- 1. The woolly spider monkey is the largest primate in the Americas.
- 絨毛蛛猴是美洲最大的靈長類動物。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. 14 per cent of primate species are highly endangered.
- 14%的靈長類物種處于高度瀕危狀態(tài)。
來自辭典例句
- 3. 14 percent of primate species are highly endangered.
- 14%的靈長類物種處于高度瀕危狀態(tài)。
來自辭典例句
- 4. And any primate can harbor deadly infectious agents.
- 而且,任何靈長類都潛藏著致死性感染病原物.
來自英漢非文學 - 生命科學 - 醫(yī)學的第四次革命
- 5. Primate models of amnesia: Contribution of specific medial temporal - lobe areas.
- 遺忘癥的靈長類模式: 特定中顳葉區(qū)域的貢獻.
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