| 词汇 | platypus |
| 释义 | platypus noun[ C ] uk /ˈplæt.ɪ.pəs/ us /ˈplæt̬.ɪ.pəs/(alsoduck-billed platypus) an Australian river mammal with a wide beak whose young are born from eggs鸭嘴兽 DEA PICTURE LIBRARY/De Agostini Picture Library/GettyImages Wild mammals aardvark anteater armadillo Bactrian bandicoot grizzly grizzly bear hedgehog hippopotamus honey possum panda pangolin peccary pine marten polar bear stoat sugar glider tamandua tapir Tasmanian devil But the weirdest thing about the platypus is that it’s a mammal, but it lays eggs. People in England first saw the platypus in 1798. Some animals only come from Australia, like the koala and the platypus. The male platypus has sharp parts on its back feet, called stingers. The platypus can hit a predator with its feet and then get away. The platypus doesn’t have teeth, so it uses the rocks to help it “chew” the food. The platypus lives in Australia’s rivers. The platypus of Eastern Australia is maybe the weirdest animal on Earth. The platypus sleeps for 14 hours a day and eats small animals. When the platypus wants to eat, it goes under the water and uses its bill to feel around for insects and small sea life. Examples of platypusplatypus For a platypus, which satisfies all antecedents, no rule is superior to all competing rules. The opossum, wallaby and platypus exhibit levels of conservation similar to the eutherian mammals within exons, however there is a significant reduction in non-exonic conservation. The world's diversity, the platypus continually reminds us, seems perpetually to resist our ability to represent it fully within systems of human knowledge. Neither the platypus nor the cetacean data is consistent with a relation to intellectual function or memory. Anomalies like the platypus and the kangaroo challenged natural science's ability to (as it were) carve nature at the joints. The platypus put in its place. The first emergence of mammals was 190 million years ago, when monotremes such as the duck-billed platypus fed their offspring from secretory patches of specialised skin. I myself believe that the duckbilled platypus has four feet and two wings and a duck's bill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The hovercraft seemed for a long time to be a sort of duck-billed platypus among vehicles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am told that the duck-billed platypus was not necessarily the most functional of beasts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nevertheless, like the platypus, 1 expect that it will prove extremely functional. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In a way he selected a duck-billed platypus of a country which obeyed no particular rule. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Like the platypus, it is a peculiar mixture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The scheme has been so successful that platypuses and other animals which had found it almost impossible to breed are multiplying in the enclosed, safe area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it the sound of her body splashing in the lagoon or... only a platypus? 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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