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primates

英 [praɪˈmeɪtiːz]

美 [ˈpraɪˌmeɪts]

n.  灵长类; 灵长目动物; 大主教; 总主教
primate的复数

医学

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

  • an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings
      Synonym:order Primates

    双语例句

    • Until now, babbling had been observed only in humans and a few primates, such as pygmy marmosets.
      到目前为止牙牙学语只在人类和一些灵长类动物中发现过。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • Nonhuman primates such as chimpanzees.
      例如黑猩猩等非人类灵长动物。
    • All primates are facially expressive.
      所有灵长类动物都有面部表情。
    • Among living and fossil primates, only anthropoids higher primates feed in such a manner.
      在生活和化石灵长类动物中,只有类人猿-高级灵长类动物-饲料以这种方式。
    • 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。
    • Extinct primates; lower Pliocene.
      上新世后期已灭绝的灵长类。
    • Genus of extinct primitive African Miocene primates; sometimes considered a subgenus of Dryopithecus.
      已灭绝的原始非洲中新世灵长类的一个属;有时被认为是森林古猿属的亚属。
    • 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。