primate
英 [ˈpraɪmeɪt]
美 [ˈpraɪmeɪt]
n. 灵长类; 灵长目动物; 大主教; 总主教
复数：primates
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)- the Primate of all England (= the Archbishop of Canterbury)
全英格兰主教长（坎特伯雷大主教）
- the Primate of all England (= the Archbishop of Canterbury)
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 灵长类（动物）
Aprimateis a member of the group of mammals which includes humans, monkeys, and apes.- 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。
- The woolly spider monkey is the largest primate in the Americas.
- 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.- ...the Roman Catholic Primate of All Ireland.
全爱尔兰天主教大主教
- ...the Roman Catholic Primate of All Ireland.
The pronunciation /'praɪmeɪt/ is also used for meaning 2. 义项2亦读作 /'praɪmeɪt/。
英英释义
noun
- any placental mammal of the order Primates
- a senior clergyman and dignitary
双语例句
- 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。 - Today the human brain is three times the size of our primate ancestors.
如今，人类大脑是我们的祖先灵长类动物大小的三倍。 - The Aye-aye is the world's largest nocturnal primate, and dwells predominantly in forest canopies.
狐猴是世界上最大的夜间性活动灵长类动物，主要居住在森林中。 - In this case, the animals were lemurs – a type of primate related to monkeys and apes.
在此项案例中，被实验的动物是狐猴，这是一种与猴子，猿有关的灵长目动物。 - A new study shows that what sets us apart from our closest primate cousin is the accelerated rate at which we acquire new genes and ditch unnecessary ones.
一项最新的研究表明之所以我们能同最接近我们的灵长类分离开来，是由于我们加速了进化，这使我们获得了新的基因，丢弃了不必要的。 - The Institute said a robot would accompany the first primate to Mars to feed and look after the ape.
研究所表示，随行将有一个机器人照顾这个首个登录火星的灵长类动物的饮食起居。 - 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。 - Primate models of amnesia: Contribution of specific medial temporal-lobe areas.
遗忘症的灵长类模式：特定中颞叶区域的贡献。 - Most likely, a primate similar to the Bonobo was the first to laugh.
最有可能的，一个灵长类类似侏儒黑猩猩是第一个笑出声来。