hippopotamus

英 [ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəməs]

美 [ˌhɪpəˈpɑːtəməs]

n.  河马

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BNC.35116 / COCA.30367

牛津词典

noun

• 河马
  a large heavy African animal with thick dark skin and short legs, that lives in rivers and lakes

柯林斯词典

• 河马
  Ahippopotamusis a very large African animal with short legs and thick, hairless skin. Hippopotamuses live in and near rivers.

英英释义

noun

• massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
  Synonym:hipporiver horseHippopotamus amphibius

双语例句

• For you and me. What's normal for a hippopotamus?
  是对你和我来讲对河马来讲怎样算正常？
• The children enjoyed watching the hippopotamus wallowing ( about) in the mud.
  孩子们真喜观看河马在泥中打滚。
• The hippopotamus can survive underwater for up to30 minutes without having to come up for air.
  河马在不浮上水面换气的情况下，可以在水下度过30分钟以上。
• It is found that C. The first occurrence of fossil hippopotamus in China
  河马化石在我国的发现
• Let's begin with the ugliest hippopotamus.
  我们先看最丑的河马吧。
• The hippopotamus, or hippo, lives in the hot part of Africa, it's a mammal, that is, its babies are born alive, and they drink milk from their mother's body.
  河马住在非洲的热的部分，它是哺乳动物，也就是说，它的孩子们生下来是活的，而且，它们喝妈妈身上的牛奶。
• According to a handful of Egyptologists, one of the most likely causes for this wound would have been a bite from a hippopotamus.
  一部分埃及古物学者认为，这一致命伤口可能是河马咬的。
• Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, and Gloria the Hippopotamus set out to return to New York after escaping to Africa.
  结束了非洲旅程后，狮子亚利克斯、斑马马蒂、长颈鹿麦尔曼以及河马格洛丽亚铁了心的要回到纽约老家。
• The Pygmy Hippopotamus stands about one metre high and is native to West Africa. Numbers in the wild have fallen to below 2000 since 1993.
  只有1米多高的矮脚河马生活在西非，从1993年起这种动物在野外的数量不足2000只。
• A12-day-old hippopotamus swims next to its mother, Chombi, at Malaysia's National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur.
  马来西亚KualaLumpur的国家动物园中河马妈妈Chombi带着12天大的小河马一起游泳。