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

• Human vision like that of other primates has evolved in an arboreal environment.
  人类的视觉，和其它灵长目动物的一样，是在丛林环境中进化出来的。
• The branch of zoology that studies primates.
  动物学中研究灵长类动物的分支。
• The study says increasing contact between humans and primates due to logging and deforestation raises the risk of transmission of new pathogens.
  研究报告称，由于伐木和滥伐森林，人类和灵长类动物之间的接触机会增多，增加了新的病原体传播的风险。
• 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。
• 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。
• Laughter may even have evolved long before primates.
  笑甚至可能在灵长类出现很久以前就已经演化形成。
• Primates, however, instinctively huddle in much smaller groups than humans because their brains are smaller.
  然而，灵长类动物本能地选择在一个小得多的群体中生活，因为它们的大脑比人类小。
• 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。
• 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。