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

• 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。
• 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。
• The Ebola virus is deadly to both people and primates, such as gorillas and chimpanzees.
  埃博拉病毒对于人类和灵长类（例如大猩猩和黑猩猩）都是致命的，它会导致发热和严重的内出血。
• 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。
• The branch of zoology that studies primates.
  动物学中研究灵长类动物的分支。
• 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。
• 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。
• This capacity is found in a very small number of species, including humans and some other primates.
  专家们还发现只有一小部分物种有这种能力，包括人类及一些其他灵长类动物。
• 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。
• Extinct primates; lower Pliocene.
  上新世后期已灭绝的灵长类。