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 authors reviewed the establishment method and neurological behavioral assessments method of non-human primate cerebral ischemic model.
  笔者就非人灵长类动物局灶性脑缺血模型制备方法及其神经、行为功能的评价方法作一综述。
• The cynomolgus macaque is one of the most important and widely used non-human primate animal models in basic and applied biomedical research.
  食蟹猕猴是基础医学和应用生物医学研究中最重要和最广泛使用的非人类灵长类动物模型之一。
• 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。
• Until recently no primate, and no tropical mammal, was known to hibernate.
  直到近来没有灵长类动物，没有热带哺乳动物是熟知去冬眠的。
• Evolution produced this reward system because it increased the survival of members of our social primate species.
  演化产生了这个报偿系统，因它增加了社会成员的存活率。
• 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 scientists now think there might be a basic, universal primate call structure.
  现在科学家们认为可能存在一种基本的、普遍的原始发声结构。
• Because chimps, our closest relatives, pass the test, while almost all other primate species fail it, scientists began to discuss a "cognitive divide" between the highest primates and the rest.
  因为我们的近亲&黑猩猩，可以通过这项测试，而几乎其他所有的灵长类都不能通过，科学家们开始论述在最高级灵长类和其他的灵长类之间存在着“认知鸿沟”。
• 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。
• The primate queen shares her wildlife inspirations.
  灵长类女王分享了她关于野生生物的灵感。