platypus

英 ['plætɪpəs] 美['plætɪpəs]

IELTS畅通词汇哺乳动物

复数: platypuses; platypi;

platypus 鸭嘴兽

来自希腊语platypous,宽脚的，来自platys,宽的，词源同plate,pous,脚，词源同foot.后用于鸭嘴兽这种动物，因其脚宽而得名。

1. small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae

platypus: platypus: [18] The platypus’s name means literally ‘flat-footed’. It was given to it at the end of the 18th century, and is first recorded in George Shaw’s Naturalists’ Miscellany 1799. It was adapted from Greek platúpous, a compound formed from platús ‘flat’ (source of English place, plaice, and plane the tree) and poús ‘foot’ (a relative of English foot).
=> foot, place, plane, plate
platypus (n.): Australian duck-mole, 1799, from Modern Latin, from Greek platypous, literally "flat-footed," from platys "broad, flat" (see plaice (n.)) + pous "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)).
Orig. the generic name, but, having already been given to a genus of beetles, it was in 1800 changed for Ornithorhyncus. [OED]

Researchers just mapped the genome of a female platypus from Australia.: 最近,研究人员们为一直来自澳大利亚的雌性鸭嘴兽绘制了基因图.

The new study, published in Nature, shows the platypus as both evolutionary relic and pioneer.: 最近发表于《自然》上的研究则指出, 鸭嘴兽是遗传以及生物演变过程中现存的活化石.

And the confused Platypus wanted something of every other animal.: 鸭嘴兽非常迷惑,希望得到别的动物所得到的一切.

Of course I have a sense of humor. I gave you the platypus, didn't I?: 我当然有幽默感! 我不是为你们创造了鸭嘴兽?

The Animal: Platypus The Power : Electrolocation How It Works : Count your senses.: 排名第六的动物: 鸭嘴兽能力: 电磁定位原理: 先试试你的感官能力.

At home both in water and on land, the platypus is amphibious.: 鸭嘴兽的家可以在水中,也可以在陆上.它是两栖动物.

The platypus spends a great deal of its time looking for food.: 鸭嘴兽要用大量的时间去觅食.

Since the platypus lacks nipples, the pups suckle milk from the mother's abdominal skin.: 因为鸭嘴兽没有乳头, 幼兽在母兽腹部舔食乳汁.

Not many people could describe a platypus because few have seen one.: 很少有人能描述鸭嘴兽,因为几乎没有人见过它.

One of the mascots for the 2000 Olympics , in Australia , was the platypus.: 吉祥物之三是鸭嘴兽.

The female platypus , like other mamals, feeds her babies with milk from her body.: 像其他哺乳动物一样,雌性的鸭嘴兽用自己的奶喂养它的孩子.

For this reason, scientists know less about the platypus than they would like to know.: 因为这个原因, 科学家对它知之甚少.

Today we went to the Zoo, we saw em us, crocodiles, platypus a lot of animals.: 今天我们去了动物园, 我们看见了鸵鸟、鳄鱼、鸭嘴兽,还有许多动物.