platypus

platypus

英 ['plætɪpəs]
　　美 ['plætɪpəs]

n. [脊椎] 鴨嘴獸

中文詞源：

platypus 鴨嘴獸

來自希臘語platypous,寬腳的，來自platys,寬的，詞源同plate,pous,腳，詞源同foot.後用於鴨嘴獸這種動物，因其腳寬而得名。

例句：

1. One of the mascots was the platypus.
吉祥物一是鴨嘴獸.

2. At home both in water and on land, the platypus is amphibious.
鴨嘴獸的傢可以在水中,也可以在陸上.它是兩棲動物.

3. Not many people could describe a platypus because few have seen one.
很少有人能描述鴨嘴獸,因為幾乎沒有人見過它.

4. For this reason, scientists know less about the platypus than they would like to know.
因為這個原因, 科學傢對它知之甚少.

5. Researchers just mapped the genome of a female platypus from Australia.
最近,研究人員們為一直來自澳大利亞的雌性鴨嘴獸繪制瞭基因圖.