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marsupial
有袋类动物
a mammal of which the female has a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried
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A mammal of the infraclass Marsupialia, including those where the female has a pouch in which it rears the young through early infancy, such as kangaroos, koalas, wombats and opossums, as well as the pouchless shrew opossums.
In use
The kangaroo is a marsupial that carries its baby in a pouch.
Many marsupials, including koalas and wombats, live in Australia.
We watched a small marsupial climb a tree in the wildlife park.
a marsupial
作名词，指有袋类动物。
The koala is a marsupial.
考拉是一种有袋类动物。
marsupials
复数形式，指多个有袋类动物。
Kangaroos and koalas are marsupials.
袋鼠和考拉是有袋类动物。
marsupial [noun]
作形容词，修饰名词，意为“有袋类的”。
The marsupial species live mainly in Australia.
有袋动物物种主要生活在澳大利亚。
Common mistakes
Australia has many marsupial.Australia has many marsupials.
marsupial 是可数名词，在 many 之后必须使用复数形式 marsupials。
We saw some marsupials animals at the zoo.We saw some marsupial animals at the zoo.
形容词修饰名词时没有复数变化；marsupial 作定语修饰 animals 时应保持原形，不能写作 marsupials animals。
Connections
Collocations
- marsupial mammal
- 有袋哺乳动物
- The kangaroo is a well-known marsupial mammal.袋鼠是一种众所周知的有袋哺乳动物。
- marsupial pouch
- 有袋动物的育儿袋
- A baby marsupial stays in its mother's marsupial pouch until it is older.有袋动物幼崽在母亲的育儿袋里待到长大一些。
- marsupial species
- 有袋动物物种
- Most marsupial species live in Australia and nearby islands.大多数有袋动物物种生活在澳大利亚及附近岛屿。
- marsupial lion
- 袋狮
- The marsupial lion was a large prehistoric predator.袋狮是一种大型史前捕食者。
- marsupial wolf
- 袋狼
- The marsupial wolf is also called the thylacine.袋狼也被称为塔斯马尼亚虎。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：marsupial 中的 "sup" 像 "up"，袋鼠妈妈把宝宝装在口袋里抱起来——有袋类动物。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：biology、zoology、science education 该词为科技词汇，通常出现在生物学、动物学或科普语境中，语气偏正式或中性；日常口语里较少单独使用，可改用具体动物名称。
Grammar Note
复数形式为 marsupials
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上单词都以 -ial 结尾，但都不与 marsupial /mɑːˈsjuːpiəl/ 押韵：marsupial 的 -pial 读 /piəl/，而这里 -cial/-tial 读 /ʃəl/。请勿按拼写类推发音。
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.