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hippopotamus

音標[,hip?'p?t?m?s] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 河馬

詞型變化:

名詞複數:hippopotamuses 

英文解釋:

名詞 hippopotamus:

  1. massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
    同義詞:hippo, river horse, Hippopotamus amphibius

例句:

  1. The children enjoyed watching the hippopotamus wallowing in the mud.
    孩子們喜歡看河馬在泥中打滾。

詳細解釋:


hip.po.pot.a.mus

n.(名詞)
【複數】 hip.po.pot.a.mus.es 或 hip.po.pot.a.mi [-mo.]
A large, chiefly aquatic African herbivorous mammal(Hippopotamus amphibius) having thick, dark, almost hairless skin, short legs with four toes, and a broad, wide-mouthed muzzle. Also called river horse
河馬:非洲的一種大型水生食草型哺乳動物(河馬 河馬屬) ,皮厚且黑,幾乎 * ,短腿,有四個腳趾,口鼻寬闊突出 也作 river horse
The pygmy hippopotamus.
倭河馬

來源:
Latin
拉丁語
from Greek hippopotamos
源自 希臘語 hippopotamos
hippos [horse] * see ekwo-
hippos [馬] *參見 ekwo-
potamos [river] * see pet-
potamos [河] *參見 pet-

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