a caveman
caveman 是可数名词,单数形式前通常加不定冠词 a/an 或定冠词 the。
A caveman lived in this cave.
一个穴居人住在这个洞穴里。
穴居人
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
穴居人
a person who lives in a cave
A caveman lived in this cave.
一个穴居人住在这个洞穴里。
早期人类或近缘物种,通常被认为居住在洞穴中。
An early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves.
The caveman used sharp stones to start a fire.
那个穴居人用锋利的石头生火。
Scientists found drawings that early cavemen made on cave walls.
科学家发现了早期穴居人在洞穴墙壁上画的画。
In the movie, a caveman learns to make tools from bone.
电影里,一个穴居人学会用骨头制作工具。
caveman 是可数名词,单数形式前通常加不定冠词 a/an 或定冠词 the。
A caveman lived in this cave.
一个穴居人住在这个洞穴里。
the + 可数名词单数可以泛指某一类事物,这里指穴居人这一群体。
The caveman was an early ancestor of humans.
穴居人是人类的早期祖先。
cavemen 是 caveman 的不规则复数形式,用于指多个穴居人或泛指穴居人。
Cavemen hunted animals for food.
穴居人捕猎动物为食。
Not this
There were two cavemans in the cave.
Use this
There were two cavemen in the cave.
caveman 的复数是不规则变化,将 -man 变为 -men,即 cavemen,不能直接加 -s 构成 cavemans。
Not this
He is caveman.
Use this
He is a caveman.
caveman 是可数名词单数,在句中作表语时前面需要加冠词 a,表示“一个穴居人”,不能省略冠词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
穴居人饮食法(指只吃天然食物的原始饮食方式)
He follows the caveman diet, eating only meat, fish, and vegetables.
他遵循穴居人饮食法,只吃肉、鱼和蔬菜。
穴居人的生活方式;原始生活方式
The film recreates the caveman lifestyle with great detail.
这部电影非常细致地重现了穴居人的生活方式。
穴居人时代
In caveman times, people made tools from stone and bone.
在穴居人时代,人们用石头和骨头制作工具。
穴居人绘制的壁画;原始壁画
The cave walls are covered with caveman drawings of animals.
洞穴壁上布满了穴居人绘制的动物壁画。
穴居人部落
A caveman tribe lived in this valley thousands of years ago.
几千年前,一个穴居人部落生活在这个山谷里。
穴居人饮食法(指旧石器时代饮食法)
He lost weight by following the caveman diet, eating only what early humans would have eaten.
他通过遵循穴居人饮食法减肥,只吃早期人类会吃的东西。
穴居人大脑(指原始的本能反应)
When the fire alarm went off, her caveman brain told her to run without thinking.
火警响起时,她的穴居人大脑让她不假思索地逃跑。
穴居人式的方法(指粗暴简单的做法)
Instead of troubleshooting, he used a caveman approach and just re-installed the whole system.
他没有排查故障,而是用穴居人式的方法,直接重新安装了整个系统。
简单得连穴居人都能做到。
In the famous GEICO ad, the narrator says, 'So easy a caveman can do it,' and the caveman feels insulted.
在著名的GEICO广告中,旁白说:“简单得连穴居人都能做到”,穴居人觉得自己受到了冒犯。
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cave(洞穴)+ man(人)→ 住在洞穴里的人,想象山顶洞人在山洞里生活。
语域:mixed 常见场景:考古或史前语境、口语或卡通影视中的史前人物 该词在考古或史前等说明性语境中通常为中性;在口语或卡通影视中则比较常见于轻松、幽默的用法,仍指史前穴居人。
复数形式为 cavemen。
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