primate

英 [ˈpraɪmeɪt]

美 [ˈpraɪmeɪt]

n.  灵长类; 灵长目动物; 大主教; 总主教

复数：primates　

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Collins.1 / BNC.10750 / COCA.11355

牛津词典

noun

• 灵长类；灵长目动物
  any animal that belongs to the group of mammals that includes humans, apes and monkeys
• 大主教；总主教
  an archbishop (= a priest of very high rank in the Christian Church)
  1. the Primate of all England (= the Archbishop of Canterbury)
     全英格兰主教长（坎特伯雷大主教）

柯林斯词典

The pronunciation /'praɪmeɪt/ is also used for meaning 2. 义项2亦读作 /'praɪmeɪt/。


• N-COUNT 灵长类（动物）
  Aprimateis a member of the group of mammals which includes humans, monkeys, and apes.
  1. 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。
• 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.
  1. ...the Roman Catholic Primate of All Ireland.
     全爱尔兰天主教大主教

英英释义

noun

• any placental mammal of the order Primates
• a senior clergyman and dignitary
  Synonym:archpriesthierarchhigh priestprelate

双语例句

• The theory pushes the history of primate evolution back some ten million years.
  这个理论将灵长类动物进化的历史后退了上千万年。
• The orangutan is the largest Asian primate and also the largest tree-dwelling mammal.
  红毛猩猩是现存亚洲最大的灵长类动物，也是最大的居住在树上的哺乳类动物。
• A new study shows that what sets us apart from our closest primate cousin is the accelerated rate at which we acquire new genes and ditch unnecessary ones.
  一项最新的研究表明之所以我们能同最接近我们的灵长类分离开来，是由于我们加速了进化，这使我们获得了新的基因，丢弃了不必要的。
• Reciprocally, the colors of ripened fruits may have coevolved with primate trichromacy, since animals that could recognize and eat the ripe fruit would have assisted plants by spreading their seeds.
  与此相应，成熟果实的颜色也与灵长类动物的三色视一起进化了，因为那些识别并且食用成熟果实的动物通过传播它们的种子而帮助了植物的繁殖。
• The Institute said a robot would accompany the first primate to Mars to feed and look after the ape.
  研究所表示，随行将有一个机器人照顾这个首个登录火星的灵长类动物的饮食起居。
• 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。
• Among the 10 primate species that inhabit this area are the orangutan and proboscis monkey, which live only on Borneo.
  在此栖息的十种灵长类动物中，红毛猩猩与长鼻猴是婆罗洲特有的。
• Much like primate grooming, a Christmas card requires effort, time and expense.
  与灵长类相互理毛的举动很像，圣诞卡需要花费精力、时间和金钱。
• The remaining eight specimens did not fit with any known east Asian Pleistocene primate.
  其余8枚标本与任何已知的东亚更新世灵长类都对不上号。
• Extinct primate having powerful chewing muscles along with large molars and small incisors; fossils found in Kenya.
  已灭绝的灵长类动物的一个属，有强健的咀嚼肌，臼齿大，门牙小；肯尼亚发现的一种化石。