| 释义 |
biped, n. and a.|ˈbaɪpɛd|
[ad. L. biped-em, f. bi- two + pedem (nom. pēs) foot; cf. F. bipède.]
A. n. A two-footed animal.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. iv. 114 Neither biped nor quadruped oviparous have any [stones] exteriorly. 1699Tyson Orang-Out. 91 Our Pygmie is..tho' a Biped, yet of the Quadrumanus-kind. 1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 39 Those fastidious bipeds, men and women.
B. adj. Having two feet; two-footed.
1793Southey Nondesc. i. Wks. III. 59 His drivers goad the biped beast. 1849–52Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. IV. 1297/1 The purely biped progression of Man. |