Word · Frequency #17916
wallabies
沙袋鼠
wallabies is the plural of wallaby.
核心释义
any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos, often brightly colored
- 1.
几种大型有袋类动物中的任何一种；通常比袋鼠更小且更粗壮。
Any of several species of macropod marsupials; usually smaller and stockier than kangaroos.
- 2.
澳大利亚国橄榄球联盟队“小袋鼠”队的球员。
A player for the Wallabies, the Australian national rugby union team.
- 3.
各种小型或中型袋鼠；通常颜色鲜艳
any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored
几种大型有袋类动物中的任何一种；通常比袋鼠更小且更粗壮。；澳大利亚国橄榄球联盟队“小袋鼠”队的球员。；各种小型或中型袋鼠；通常颜色鲜艳；澳大利亚人
用法In use
We saw a wallaby hopping across the road near the forest.
用法提示：wallaby 为可数名词单数，指一只沙袋鼠。
The wallaby carried its baby in its pouch.
用法提示：wallaby 作名词，指袋鼠科的沙袋鼠。
Several wallabies grazed quietly in the field at dusk.
用法提示：wallabies 是 wallaby 的复数形式，表示多只沙袋鼠。
a wallaby + verb
wallaby 是可数名词，单数通常与 a 或 the 连用。
A wallaby hopped across the road.
一只沙袋鼠跳过了马路。
wallabies + verb
复数形式是 wallabies，注意 y 变 ies。
Wallabies are often brightly colored.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- wallaby species
- 小袋鼠种类
- There are many wallaby species in Australia.澳大利亚有许多种小袋鼠。
- rock wallaby
- 岩袋鼠
- The rock wallaby is well adapted to steep, rocky terrain.岩袋鼠非常适应陡峭的岩石地形。
- swamp wallaby
- 沼泽袋鼠
- A swamp wallaby was foraging near the forest edge.一只沼泽袋鼠正在森林边缘觅食。
- wallaby joey
- 小袋鼠幼崽
- The wallaby joey stayed inside its mother's pouch for months.这只小袋鼠幼崽在妈妈的育儿袋里待了好几个月。
- a mob of wallabies
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把wallaby拆成wall（墙）+baby（宝宝）：小袋鼠像墙边蹦跳的宝宝，比大袋鼠更小一号。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：wildlife documentaries、zoo visits、travel writing about Australia 在表示‘沙袋鼠’这一动物时，通常用于日常叙述、动物园或自然类节目，属于中性普通名词；在澳大利亚英语中偶尔非正式地指澳大利亚人，但须根据语境判断。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All these words end in the unstressed /bi/ sound, matching wallaby’s final syllable. Hobby, lobby, and bobby are closest, sharing the stressed /ɑ/ vowel, but none is a true rhyme because wallaby has an extra /lə/ in /ˈwɑləbi/. Baby and maybe are spelling/sound lookalikes with /beɪ/, and ruby has /ruː/. Do not be misled by spelling: the final -by (or -be in maybe) is pronounced /bi/, not /baɪ/.
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.