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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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)
  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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• Simons said that when this primate lived, Africa was an island, limiting the competition for survival.
  Simons说这种动物生活的时候非洲还是一个岛屿，没有生存竞争。
• 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 cynomolgus macaque is one of the most important and widely used non-human primate animal models in basic and applied biomedical research.
  食蟹猕猴是基础医学和应用生物医学研究中最重要和最广泛使用的非人类灵长类动物模型之一。
• The theory pushes the history of primate evolution back some ten million years.
  这个理论将灵长类动物进化的历史后退了上千万年。