hominid

英 [ˈhɒmɪnɪd]

美 [ˈhɑːmɪnɪd]

n.  人科动物

复数：hominids　

TOEFL

BNC.45985 / COCA.22266

牛津词典

noun

• 人科动物
  a human, or a creature that lived in the past which humans developed from

英英释义

noun

• a primate of the family Hominidae

adj

• characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures
  Synonym:hominian

双语例句

• An anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul. extinct species of primitive hominid with upright stature but small brain; formerly Pithecanthropus erectus.
  普罗猿属的一种类人猿。已经灭绝的原始人种，直立但脑子小；以前的爪哇直立猿人。
• ( Hominids include humans and our fossil ancestors.) The new fossils were found near where another species of hominid lived at the same time.
  新化石发现于同时期另一个人类物种居住点附近。
• The study of fossil hominid brains
  化石人类脑演化研究概况
• Excavations here from 1936 to 1941 led to the discovery of the first hominid fossil at this site.
  这处遗址从1936年至1941年进行挖掘，发现了早期原始人类化石。
• The analysis of mammalian, spore and pollen fossils indicate that the deposit containing hominid fossils was formed in the cold ( glacial) stage.
  南京猿人洞穴堆积所含哺乳动物化石和孢粉分析，表明含人类化石的堆积形成于冷期；
• What favored the evolution of such distinctive brainpower in humans or, more precisely, in our hominid ancestors?
  在人类的演化过程中，天择为何青睐人类突出的脑力？
• A primitive hominid resembling Neanderthal man but living in Africa.
  一种原始人，形似尼安德特人但生活在非洲。
• Extinct species of primitive hominid with upright stature but small brain; formerly Pithecanthropus erectus.
  已经灭绝的原始人种，直立但脑子小；以前的爪哇直立猿人。
• Gracile hominid of southern Africa; from about 3 million years ago; formerly Plesianthropus_transvaalensis.
  非洲南部体形纤弱的原始人；大约三百万年前；以前的迩人。
• The times of existence of the various hominid shown in the chart above are based on dated fossil remains.
  在时代的图表显示了不同的原始人类的存在是基于上述日期为化石。