primate

英 [ˈpraɪmeɪt]

美 [ˈpraɪmeɪt]

n.  灵长类; 灵长目动物; 大主教; 总主教

复数：primates　

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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)
  1. the Primate of all England (= the Archbishop of Canterbury)
     全英格兰主教长（坎特伯雷大主教）

柯林斯词典

The pronunciation /'praɪmeɪt/ is also used for meaning 2. 义项2亦读作 /'praɪmeɪt/。


• N-COUNT 灵长类（动物）
  Aprimateis a member of the group of mammals which includes humans, monkeys, and apes.
  1. 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。
• 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.
  1. ...the Roman Catholic Primate of All Ireland.
     全爱尔兰天主教大主教

英英释义

noun

• any placental mammal of the order Primates
• a senior clergyman and dignitary
  Synonym:archpriesthierarchhigh priestprelate

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• In the context of moral hazard, these primate instincts are key.
  就道德风险而言，灵长类动物的这些本能是关键。
• Reciprocally, the colors of ripened fruits may have coevolved with primate trichromacy, since animals that could recognize and eat the ripe fruit would have assisted plants by spreading their seeds.
  与此相应，成熟果实的颜色也与灵长类动物的三色视一起进化了，因为那些识别并且食用成熟果实的动物通过传播它们的种子而帮助了植物的繁殖。
• Because chimps, our closest relatives, pass the test, while almost all other primate species fail it, scientists began to discuss a "cognitive divide" between the highest primates and the rest.
  因为我们的近亲&黑猩猩，可以通过这项测试，而几乎其他所有的灵长类都不能通过，科学家们开始论述在最高级灵长类和其他的灵长类之间存在着“认知鸿沟”。
• 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。
• 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 remaining eight specimens did not fit with any known east Asian Pleistocene primate.
  其余8枚标本与任何已知的东亚更新世灵长类都对不上号。
• The ancient primate habit of vegetarianism.
  灵长类动物源远流长的素食主义习性。
• Extinct primate having powerful chewing muscles along with large molars and small incisors; fossils found in Kenya.
  已灭绝的灵长类动物的一个属，有强健的咀嚼肌，臼齿大，门牙小；肯尼亚发现的一种化石。