| 单词 | hippopotamus |
| 释义 | hippopotamus[ hip-uh-pot-uh-muhs ] / ˌhɪp əˈpɒt ə məs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hippopotamus ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural hip·po·pot·a·mus·es, hip·po·pot·a·mi [hip-uh-pot-uh-mahy]. /ˌhɪp əˈpɒt əˌmaɪ/.a large herbivorous mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, having a thick hairless body, short legs, and a large head and muzzle, found in and near the rivers, lakes, etc., of Africa, and able to remain under water for a considerable time. Origin of hippopotamus1555–65; <Latin <Greek hippopótamos, earlier híppos potámios literally, riverine horse (term used by Herodotus in his account of the Egyptian hippopotamus); compare Middle English ypotame, ypotamos, ypotanus<Old French ypotame<Medieval Latin ypotamus OTHER WORDS FROM hippopotamuship·po·po·tam·ic [hip-uh-puh-tam-ik], /ˌhɪp ə pəˈtæm ɪk/, hip·po·po·ta·mi·an [hip-uh-puh-tey-mee-uhn], /ˌhɪp ə pəˈteɪ mi ən/, adjectiveWords nearby hippopotamusHippolytus, Hippomenes, hippophagist, hippophagy, hippophile, hippopotamus, Hippo Regius, Hippo Zarytus, hippuric acid, hippus, hippy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hippopotamusBritish Dictionary definitions for hippopotamushippopotamus / (ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəməs) / noun plural -muses or -mi (-ˌmaɪ)a very large massive gregarious artiodactyl mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, living in or around the rivers of tropical Africa: family Hippopotamidae. It has short legs and a thick skin sparsely covered with hair pigmy hippopotamus a related but smaller animal, Choeropsis liberiensis Word Origin for hippopotamusC16: from Latin, from Greek hippopotamos river horse, from hippos horse + potamos river Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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