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
- All primates are facially expressive.
所有灵长类动物都有面部表情。 - Scientists were able to successfully treat infected primates following the onset of disease symptoms.
在试验中，科学家们已经成功地治疗了开始出现病毒症状的灵长类动物。 - 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。 - Nonhuman primates such as chimpanzees.
例如黑猩猩等非人类灵长动物。 - Any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet.
灵长目中有胎盘的哺乳动物；视力好，手、脚灵活。 - 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。 - 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。 - Another important trait that apes share with man and other primates is the opposable thumb.
与人类和其他灵长目动物共有的另一个重要特征是，无尾猿有与其他手指相对的大拇指。 - Also known as snow monkeys, Japanese macaques are the world's northernmost non-human primates.
日本猕猴又称为雪猴，是人类以外生活在地球最北方的灵长类动物。 - 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。