primate是什么意思？

primate

英[ˈpraɪmeɪt] 美[ˈpraɪmɪt, -ˌmet]

• n. 灵长目动物，（英国教会的）大主教，<古>首领，监督长；
• adj. 灵长目动物的，首要的；

复数：primates;

例句

• Genetic control is an important component general management of nonhuman primate colonies. 遗传学控制在非人灵长类动物人工繁殖种群诸多管理环节具有至关重要的作用.
• 14 percent of primate species are highly endangered. 14%的灵长类物种处于高度濒危状态。
• 14 per cent of primate species are highly endangered. 14%的灵长类物种处于高度濒危状态。
• A primate of the family Hominidae, of which Homo sapiens is the only extant species. 人科的(动物):人科中的灵长类, 其中智人是唯一现存的种类.
• Most likely a primate similar to the Bonobo was the first to laugh. 类似于巴诺布猿的某种灵长类可能是最先发出笑声的动物.
• ...the Roman Catholic Primate of All Ireland. 全爱尔兰天主教大主教
• The woolly spider monkey is the largest primate in the Americas. 绒毛蛛猴是美洲最大的灵长类动物。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  灵长类（动物）
  A primate is a member of the group of mammals which includes humans, monkeys, and apes.
  例句
  The woolly spider monkey is the largest primate in the Americas. 绒毛蛛猴是美洲最大的灵长类动物。
• N-COUNT
  大主教；首席主教
  The Primate of a particular country or region is the most important priest in that country or region.
  例句
  ...the Roman Catholic Primate of All Ireland. 全爱尔兰天主教大主教

英汉词典释义

• n.
  灵长类；灵长目动物
  14 per cent of primate species are highly endangered. 14% 的灵长类物种处于高度濒危状态。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a senior clergyman and dignitary
  2. any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet

行业词典

• 动物学： 灵长类；
  医学： 灵长类：属于灵长目的个体；