请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 Manx cat
释义

Definition of Manx cat in English:

Manx cat

nounˌmanks ˈkatˈmæŋks ˌkæt
  • A cat of a breed having no tail or an extremely short one.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Domestic cats have been selected by humans to display a wide array of body shapes and colors, from hairless forms to long-haired Persians and tail-less Manx cats to very large Maine coon cats.
    • The Manx cats have either no tails or very short ones and are believed to have originated after a spontaneous mutation on the island hundreds of years ago.
    • I use Manx cats as an example of a recessive lethal gene, and leave students space to describe it on the form, but it is rare in this area.
    • In A Room of One's Own, Woolf's narrator ‘watched the Manx cat pause in the middle of the lawn as if it too questioned the universe…’.
    • Animal lovers can go marvel at the stumpy tails on those cute genetic mutants the Manx cats at the Mann Cat Sanctuary, or pat the sweet, retired horses at the Home of Rest for Old Horses.
 
 

Definition of Manx cat in US English:

Manx cat

nounˈmaNGks ˌkatˈmæŋks ˌkæt
  • A cat of a breed having no tail or an extremely short one.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Animal lovers can go marvel at the stumpy tails on those cute genetic mutants the Manx cats at the Mann Cat Sanctuary, or pat the sweet, retired horses at the Home of Rest for Old Horses.
    • Domestic cats have been selected by humans to display a wide array of body shapes and colors, from hairless forms to long-haired Persians and tail-less Manx cats to very large Maine coon cats.
    • In A Room of One's Own, Woolf's narrator ‘watched the Manx cat pause in the middle of the lawn as if it too questioned the universe…’.
    • I use Manx cats as an example of a recessive lethal gene, and leave students space to describe it on the form, but it is rare in this area.
    • The Manx cats have either no tails or very short ones and are believed to have originated after a spontaneous mutation on the island hundreds of years ago.
 
 
随便看

 

英语词典包含464360条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/22 18:28:21