tarsier

英式音标：['tɑ:si:ə]

美式音标：['tɑsiə]

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词义：

n.

（东印度）眼镜猴，跗猴；

英英释义

tarsier[ 'tɑ:siə ]

n.nocturnal arboreal primate of Indonesia and the Philippines having huge eyes and digits ending in pads to facilitate climbing; the only primate that spurns all plant material as food living entirely on insects and small vertebrates

用法：

双语例句

It may look like a gremlin, but this tiny animal is actually a pygmy tarsier, recently rediscovered in the forests of Indonesia.
看起来像个小鬼，其实这种弱小的动物是最近在印度尼西亚被重新发现的侏儒眼镜猴。

We studied a maxillary fragment of tarsier and revealed that tarsiers had already achieved gigantic orbits and bell-shaped palate by the time of middle Eocene.
对于眼镜猴上颌骨片断的研究表明，中始新世的眼镜猴已经具有了如同现生眼镜猴一样的钟形腭和明显增大的眼眶。

权威例句

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Primatology: First fossil tarsier from Africa

Tarsier/spl R/, a millimetre wave radar for airport runway debris detection

Phylogenetic affinities of tarsier in the context of primate Alu repeats

Nocturnal tarsier retina has both short and long/medium-wavelength cones in an unusual topography.

Conservation Status of the Spectral Tarsier Tarsier spectrum: Population Density and Home Range Size

Feeding behavior, mastication, and tooth wear in the western tarsier ( Tarsius bancanus )

Cranial morphology of Aegyptopithecus and Tarsius and the question of the tarsier-anthropoidean clade

First skulls of the early Eocene primate Shoshonius cooperi and the anthropoid-tarsier dichotomy.

造句：

1. It may look like a gremlin, but this tiny animal is actually a pygmy tarsier, recently rediscovered in the forests of Indonesia.

看起来像个小鬼，其实这种弱小的动物是最近在印度尼西亚被重新发现的侏儒眼镜猴。

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2. Another island destination that any traveler to Asia should not dare miss is Palawan and Bohol, where the world famous Tarsier and Chocolate Hills can be found.

另一个岛屿目的地，任何旅客到亚洲，不应该不敢错过，是巴拉望和保，其中世界著名的眼镜猴和巧克力的山丘可以找到。

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3. The Philippines has the world's smallest monkey: Tarsier which can sit on my fingertips. Its Chocolate Mountains are mysterious natural scenes that puzzled scientists.

菲律宾有世界上最小的猴子：眼睛猴，它可以坐在我的指尖上。那里巧克力山的形成原因使得科学家大惑不解。

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4. Dr Myron Shekell from Washington University believes Yoda in Star Wars was based on the tiny tarsier due to its huge eyes, tiny frame and the fact that it speaks a secret language.

华盛顿大学的麦伦·谢凯尔博士认为，《星球大战》中的尤达原型是眼镜猴，因为它们都有着大眼睛、小身体，说着神秘的语言。

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5. Dr Myron Shekell from Washington University believes Yoda in Star Wars was based on the tiny tarsier due to its huge eyes, tiny frame and the fact that it speaks a secret language.

华盛顿大学的麦伦·谢凯尔博士认为，《星球大战》中的尤达原型是眼镜猴，因为它们都有着大眼睛、小身体，说着神秘的语言。

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