Word · Frequency #5214
mammal
哺乳动物
A warm-blooded animal that has fur or hair and feeds its young with milk.
- 1.
A vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having fur or hair and producing milk with which to feed their young.
哺乳纲的脊椎动物,特征为恒温、有毛发或体毛,并以乳汁哺育幼崽。
- 2.
any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk
任何温血脊椎动物,皮肤多少有毛,除单孔目外胎生,以乳汁哺育幼崽。
- 3.
A vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.
内耳有三块听小骨、下颌有一块骨的脊椎动物。
哺乳纲的脊椎动物,特征为恒温、有毛发或体毛,并以乳汁哺育幼崽。；任何温血脊椎动物,皮肤多少有毛,除单孔目外胎生,以乳汁哺育幼崽。；内耳有三块听小骨、下颌有一块骨的脊椎动物。；哺乳动物；[化] 哺乳动物
In use
Whales are mammals, not fish, because they breathe air and feed their young with milk.
The platypus is a unique mammal that lays eggs instead of giving birth to live young.
Most mammals have hair or fur covering their bodies to help regulate body temperature.
a mammal
A whale is a mammal.
鲸鱼是一种哺乳动物。
mammals are [adjective]
Mammals are warm-blooded.
哺乳动物是温血的。
mammals [verb] [object]
mammal 是可数名词，复数形式为 mammals。
Connections
Collocations
- marine mammal
- 海洋哺乳动物
- Whales and dolphins are marine mammals that live in the ocean.鲸鱼和海豚是生活在海洋中的海洋哺乳动物。
- land mammal
- 陆地哺乳动物
- Elephants are the largest land mammals on Earth.大象是地球上最大的陆地哺乳动物。
- small mammal
- 小型哺乳动物
- Mice and shrews are common small mammals in forests.老鼠和鼩鼱是森林中常见的小型哺乳动物。
- warm-blooded mammal
- 温血哺乳动物
- As warm-blooded mammals, humans maintain a constant body temperature.作为温血哺乳动物，人类保持恒定的体温。
- extinct mammal
- 已灭绝的哺乳动物
- The woolly mammoth is a famous extinct mammal from the Ice Age.猛犸象是冰河时期著名的已灭绝哺乳动物。
- mammal species
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想妈妈（mama）用乳汁喂养宝宝，这就是哺乳动物（mammal）。
Context & Register
[object Object]
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like 'camel' and 'panel' share a similar ending spelling with 'mammal', but their pronunciation differs slightly.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.