hippopotamus

英 [ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəməs]

美 [ˌhɪpəˈpɑːtəməs]

n.  河马

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BNC.35116 / COCA.30367

牛津词典

noun

• 河马
  a large heavy African animal with thick dark skin and short legs, that lives in rivers and lakes

柯林斯词典

• 河马
  Ahippopotamusis a very large African animal with short legs and thick, hairless skin. Hippopotamuses live in and near rivers.

英英释义

noun

• massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
  Synonym:hipporiver horseHippopotamus amphibius

双语例句

• The baby hippopotamus has not yet been given a name.
  小河马还没名字呢。
• He must have the strength of a hippopotamus, or he never could have vanquished that great beast.
  他是力大如河马，否则他绝不会击败那只庞大的野兽。
• Along with the feeding of live prey to zoo animals, it would prohibit serving zoo animals including hippopotamus foot and kangaroo tail in the Beijing Zoo restaurant.
  连同在动物园喂养动物活的家禽一起，北京的餐厅也将停止服务提供动物食用像河马脚，或者袋鼠尾巴。
• It is the hippopotamus child.
  是河马的孩子。
• A woman called to make reservations," I want to go from Chicago to Hippopotamus, New York "The agent was at a loss for words.
  一女士打电话来预定，“我想从芝加哥到纽约的河马。”代理对她的话迷惑不解。
• The hippopotamus, or hippo, lives in the hot part of Africa, it's a mammal, that is, its babies are born alive, and they drink milk from their mother's body.
  河马住在非洲的热的部分，它是哺乳动物，也就是说，它的孩子们生下来是活的，而且，它们喝妈妈身上的牛奶。
• The children enjoyed watching the hippopotamus wallowing ( about) in the mud.
  孩子们真喜观看河马在泥中打滚。
• These two chapters describe the nature and habits of the hippopotamus and the whale(" leviathan").
  这两个章节描述的性质和习惯的河马和鲸。
• Visitors can watch a hippopotamus in the West African River Experience area of the Adventure Aquarium.
  游客能够在冒险水族馆的西非河流体验区中看到一匹河马。
• Others use a ring of buffalo horn, a crimson thread tied round each toe, the powdered teeth of a sea-horse, the skin of an eel, a hippopotamus tooth.
  其他人有用水牛角的戒指，系在每个脚趾上红线，涂上粉末的海马牙，鳗鱼皮，河马牙。