pachyderm

英式音标：[ˈpækidɜ:m]

美式音标：[ˈpækidɜrm]

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概况：

n. 迟钝的人；厚脸皮的人；[脊椎] 厚皮类动物

词义：

n.

大的厚皮动物（如象和犀牛）；厚脸皮的人；麻木不仁的人；迟钝的人

变形

复数：pachyderms

英英释义

pachyderm[ 'pækidə:m ]

n.any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus

用法：

权威例句

Pachydermoperiostosis: an update

Malassezia pachydermatis: a review

Probing the Pachyderm: A Plea for Proaction

Pachydermoperiostosis : Primary or idiopathic hypertrophic osteoarthropathy

Probing the pachyderm: a plea for proaction [intelligent systems]

PACHYDERMOPERIOSTOSIS (IDIOPATHIC CLUBBING AND PERIOSTOSIS): GENETIC AND PHYSIOLOGIC CONSIDERATIONS.

Confirmation of the nomenclatural status of Malassezia pachydermatis.

Population sizes and frequency of Malassezia pachydermatis at skin and mucosal sites on healthy dogs

Characterization of markedly lipid-dependent Malassezia pachydermatis isolates from healthy dogs.

An epidemic of Malassezia pachydermatis in an intensive care nursery associated with colonization of health care workers' pet dogs.

同义词：snail,slowpoke,schnook,dodo

同根词：pachydermatous,pachyderm

英语词源：

pachyderm (n.)

1838, from French pachyderme (c. 1600), adopted as a biological term 1797 by French naturalist Georges Léopole Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baron Cuvier (1769-1832), from Greek pachydermos "thick-skinned," from pachys "thick, large, massive," from PIE *bhengh- "thick, fat" (cognates: Sanskrit bahu- "much, numerous" Avestan bazah- "height, depth," Hittite pankush "large," Old Norse bingr "heap," Old High German bungo "a bulb," Lithuanian biess "thick") + derma "skin" (see derma).

造句：

1. How do you keep a pachyderm out of your garden?

怎样才能让大象远离你家的花园？

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2. Because who doesn't love a pachyderm and a happy ending?

推荐理由：谁不喜欢厚皮类动物和美好的结局呢？

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3. The now retired pachyderm hauled timber in the Andaman Islands for 30 years.

现在，这只已经退休的大家伙在安达曼岛上从事拉木材这种工作已经30年了。

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4. Though veterinarians couldn't save his foot, they were able to fit him with a pachyderm-sized prosthetic.

虽然兽医们没能保住他的腿，但他们给他装了一只适合大象的义肢。

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5. Paper producers in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, and even America have employed pachyderm poop to the same effect.

泰国、斯里兰卡、马来西亚甚至美洲的造纸商们早已用厚皮动物的粪便达到同样的效果。

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6. A Thai architect took his love for elephants and designed a luxury residence and office building in the shape of a pachyderm.

一个泰国建筑师将其对大象的热爱兑现于以此厚皮类动物设计了这个住宅办公综合楼。

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7. Japanese researchers will launch a project this year to resurrect the long-extinct mammoth by using cloning technology to bring the ancient pachyderm back to life in around five years time.

日本研究者们于今年将发起一项研究，通过克隆技术使早已灭绝的猛犸象复生，在5年的时间里将古老的厚皮动物重生。

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8. Japanese researchers will launch a project this year to resurrect the long-extinct mammoth by using cloning technology to bring the ancient pachyderm back to life in around five years time.

日本研究者们于今年将发起一项研究，通过克隆技术使早已灭绝的猛犸象复生，在5年的时间里将古老的厚皮动物重生。

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