tapir

英 [ˈteɪpə(r)] 美 [ˈteɪpər]

n.  貘(生活在中南美洲和东南亚的长鼻猪状动物)

复数:tapirs

医学

COCA.33907



牛津词典

noun

  1. 貘(生活在中南美洲和东南亚的长鼻猪状动物)
    an animal like a pig with a long nose, that lives in Central and S America and SE Asia

    双语例句

    1. Twycross found a male tapir in Bristol, and he and Debbie are joyfully united.
      特怀克罗斯动物园在布里斯托找到了一只公貘。现在,他已经和黛比快乐地结合了。
    2. The tapir's snout and upper lip form a short trunk like that of the elephant ( 2).
      貘的口鼻部部分和上嘴唇构成一个像大象那样的象鼻。
    3. The tapir's main enemies are members of the cat family, such as tigers and jaguars.
      貘的主要敌人是诸如老虎和美洲豹之类的猫科动物。
    4. The tapir uses its trunk to pick up the leaves and twigs it eats.
      貘用它的象鼻捡起它食用的树叶和树枝。

    英英释义

    noun

    1. large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout