| 词汇 | hippopotamus |
| 释义 | hippopotamus noun[ C ] uk /ˌhɪp.əˈpɒt.ə.məs/ us /ˌhɪp.əˈpɑː.t̬ə.məs/pluralhippopotamuses or hippopotamiuk /ˌhɪp.əˈpɒt.ə.mə.sɪz/ us /ˌhɪp.əˈpɑː.t̬ə.mə.sɪz/uk /ˌhɪp.əˈpɒt.ə.maɪ/ us /ˌhɪp.əˈpɑː.t̬ə.maɪ/(informalhippo, uk /ˈhɪp.əʊ/ us /ˈhɪp.oʊ/) a very large animal with short legs and thick, dark grey skin that lives near water in Africa河马 rusm/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Wild mammals aardvark anteater armadillo Bactrian bandicoot grizzly grizzly bear hedgehog honey possum javelina pangolin peccary pine marten platypus polar bear stoat sugar glider tamandua tapir Tasmanian devil At night, a hippopotamus leaves the river where it sleeps most of the day. hippopotamus | American Dictionaryhippopotamus noun[ C ] us/ˌhɪp·əˈpɑt̬·ə·məs/(short formhippo, us/ˈhɪp·oʊ/) a large, dark gray animal of Africa that lives in or near rivers and that has a big head, short legs, and thick skin Examples of hippopotamushippopotamus A notable exception to the above generalization is the hippopotamus, which grazes on swamp vegetation and causes considerable damage to trampled plants by its enormous body weight. Rhinoceros is not uncommon, and hippopotamus is present in fair numbers. That impression is not so much one of lions led by donkeys as of hippopotami managed by hypocrites. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that the hippopotamus is very fond of mashes made of wheat meal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thank you for allowing the hippopotamus to get back to the river! From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English But the hippopotamus simply kept his mouth open waiting to be fed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would have been more serious if he had said a hippopotamus, because, after all, that is an aquatic animal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The hippopotamus simply kept his mouth open waiting to be fed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must all know a photograph when we see it, just as we know a hippopotamus when we see it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Students do not have the appetites of hippopotami; but they do need help. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Today he seems to wallow in gloom and doom, rather like a happy hippopotamus. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It appears that a hippopotamus in the herbaceous border is quite acceptable while an ostrich in the orangery is not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Once they had voted for the elephant, the tiger, the lion or the hippopotamus, that would be it: that would be the end of majority rule. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has yielded bones and teeth of a mammoth and woolly rhinoceros as well as remains of animals which lived in the warm interval, such as hippopotamus. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The lake supports a large population of hippopotamus and crocodiles. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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