primates
英 [praɪˈmeɪtiːz]
美 [ˈpraɪˌmeɪts]
n. 灵长类; 灵长目动物; 大主教; 总主教
primate的复数
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 灵长类（动物）
Aprimateis a member of the group of mammals which includes humans, monkeys, and apes.- The woolly spider monkey is the largest primate in the Americas.
绒毛蛛猴是美洲最大的灵长类动物。
- The woolly spider monkey is the largest primate in the Americas.
- N-COUNT 大主教；首席主教
The Primate ofa particular country or region is the most important priest in that country or region.- ...the Roman Catholic Primate of All Ireland.
全爱尔兰天主教大主教
- ...the Roman Catholic Primate of All Ireland.
The pronunciation /'praɪmeɪt/ is also used for meaning 2. 义项2亦读作 /'praɪmeɪt/。
英英释义
noun
- an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings
双语例句
- For example, primates rely more on vision than olfaction; for rats, the opposite is true.
例如灵长类比较依赖视觉，而不是嗅觉，而鼠类正相反。 - Previous research in primates had suggested that expectation had little effect on how taste registers in the brain.
以前对灵长类的研究显示，期望对大脑中的味觉记录几乎没有效果。 - Fossil primates found in India.
在印度发现的灵长类化石。 - Primates, however, instinctively huddle in much smaller groups than humans because their brains are smaller.
然而，灵长类动物本能地选择在一个小得多的群体中生活，因为它们的大脑比人类小。 - Vaccination programmes are now carried out in areas where outbreaks are observed in primates.
在灵长类动物中已观察到疾病暴发流行的地区，疫苗接种计划正在实施。 - When it comes to researching intelligence in primates, chimpanzees and orang-utans get all the attention.
当人们研究灵长类动物的智力水平的时候，所有的注意力都集中在黑猩猩和猩猩上。 - Human vision like that of other primates has evolved in an arboreal environment.
人类的视觉，和其它灵长目动物的一样，是在丛林环境中进化出来的。 - Laughter may even have evolved long before primates.
笑甚至可能在灵长类出现很久以前就已经演化形成。 - ( zoology) at or near the hind end in quadrupeds or toward the spine in primates.
（动物学）四足动物身上处于或者靠近后部的，或者灵长动物身上朝向脊骨的。 - They have unusually large heads; they have unusually large bodies compared to other primates.
他们通常有个大大的脑袋，同其他灵长类动物比起来，他们的身体也大得不一般。