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。 - 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。 - The scientists now think there might be a basic, universal primate call structure.
现在科学家们认为可能存在一种基本的、普遍的原始发声结构。 - Much like primate grooming, a Christmas card requires effort, time and expense.
与灵长类相互理毛的举动很像，圣诞卡需要花费精力、时间和金钱。 - The ancient primate habit of vegetarianism.
灵长类动物源远流长的素食主义习性。 - The orangutan is the largest Asian primate and also the largest tree-dwelling mammal.
红毛猩猩是现存亚洲最大的灵长类动物，也是最大的居住在树上的哺乳类动物。 - So far, efforts to clone a monkey or another primate with the same techniques have failed.
迄今为止，用同样方法克隆猴子或其他灵长类动物的尝试均以失败告终。 - Until recently no primate, and no tropical mammal, was known to hibernate.
直到近来没有灵长类动物，没有热带哺乳动物是熟知去冬眠的。 - Among the hundreds of primate species, some are polygamous ( including our close relatives, chimps and baboons), and others monogamous ( such as gibbons and marmosets).
在种类数以百计的灵长类动物中，一些是一夫一妻（包括人类的近亲黑猩猩和狒狒），其他一些是一夫多妻（例如长臂猿和狨猴）。 - The authors reviewed the establishment method and neurological behavioral assessments method of non-human primate cerebral ischemic model.
笔者就非人灵长类动物局灶性脑缺血模型制备方法及其神经、行为功能的评价方法作一综述。