platypus

英式音标：[ˈplætɪpəs]

美式音标：[ˈplætɪpəs]

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概况：

n. [脊椎] 鸭嘴兽

词义：

n.

鸭嘴兽；

变形

复数：platypusesplatypi

英英释义

platypus[ 'plætipəs, -pus ]

n.small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae

同义词：duckbillduckbilled platypusduck-billed platypusOrnithorhynchus anatinus

用法：

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

I saw a platypus and a kangaroo.
我看到了鸭嘴兽和袋鼠。

One of the mascots was the platypus.
吉祥物一是鸭嘴兽。

The platypus spends a great deal of its time looking for food.
鸭嘴兽要用大量的时间去觅食。

权威例句

Diving Ability of the Platypus

Electroreception and electrolocation in platypus.

Genome analysis of the platypus reveals unique signatures of evolution

Bird-like sex chromosomes of platypus imply recent origin of mammal sex chromosomes.

In the platypus a meiotic chain of ten sex chromosomes shares genes with the bird Z and mammal X chromosomes

Biomechanics and energetics in aquatic and semiaquatic mammals: platypus to whale

Use of stream and river habitats by the platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, in an urban fringe environment

Resolution and evolution of the duck-billed platypus karyotype with an X1Y1X2Y2X3Y3X4Y4X5Y5 male sex chromosome constitution.

Relationship of sediment toxicants and water quality to the distribution of platypus populations in urban streams

Description of a cranial endocast from a fossil platypus, Obdurodon dicksoni (Monotremata, Ornithorhynchidae), and the relevance of ...

同义词：Ornithorhynchus,duckbill

英语词源：

platypus

platypus: [18] The platypus’s name means literally ‘flat-footed’. It was given to it at the end of the 18th century, and is first recorded in George Shaw’s Naturalists’ Miscellany 1799. It was adapted from Greek platúpous, a compound formed from platús ‘flat’ (source of English place, plaice, and plane the tree) and poús ‘foot’ (a relative of English foot).=> foot, place, plane, plate

platypus (n.)

Australian duck-mole, 1799, from Modern Latin, from Greek platypous, literally "flat-footed," from platys "broad, flat" (see plaice (n.)) + pous "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)).

Orig. the generic name, but, having already been given to a genus of beetles, it was in 1800 changed for Ornithorhyncus. [OED]

造句：

1. The female platypus, like other mamals, feeds her babies with milk from her body.

像其他哺乳动物一样，雌性的鸭嘴兽用自己的奶喂养它的孩子。

-- 来源 -- 天宝物华（上） - A Most Unusual Animal

2. The male platypus has poisonous spurs on his back legs

雄性的鸭嘴兽后腿上长着有毒的刺，

-- 来源 -- 英语晨读30分（高一） - 99 A Most Unusual Animal

3. Not many people could describe a platypus because few have seen one.

很少有人能描述鸭嘴兽，因为几乎没有人见过它。

-- 来源 -- 英语晨读30分（高一） - 99 A Most Unusual Animal

4. The female platypus, like other mammals,

雌性鸭嘴兽像其他哺乳动物一样，

-- 来源 -- 英语晨读30分（高一） - 99 A Most Unusual Animal

5. The platypus is very secretive.

鸭嘴兽生活很隐蔽，

-- 来源 -- 英语晨读30分（高一） - 99 A Most Unusual Animal

6. For this reason, scientists know less about the platypus than they would like to know.

因为这个原因，科学家对它知之甚少。

-- 来源 -- 英语晨读30分（高一） - 99 A Most Unusual Animal

7. At home both in water and on land, the platypus is amphibious.

鸭嘴兽的家可以在水中，也可以在陆上。它是两栖动物。

-- 来源 -- 英语晨读30分（高一） - 99 A Most Unusual Animal

8. The remarkable platypus lives on the continent of Australia.

这种奇异的鸭嘴兽生活在澳大利亚洲。

-- 来源 -- 天宝物华（上） - A Most Unusual Animal

9. duckbilled platypus

ph.1. 【动】鸭嘴兽

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

10. And the confused Platypus wanted something of every other animal.

鸭嘴兽非常迷惑，希望得到别的动物所得到的一切。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考