primates是什么意思？

primates

英[praɪ'meɪti:z] 美[praɪ'meɪtiz]

• n. 灵长目动物( primate的名词复数 )，大主教；

例句

• Post - conflict behavior has been reported in most of non - human primates. 冲突后行为(post -conflictbehavior )在非人灵长类中普遍存在.
• Primates are alert, inquisitive animals. 灵长目动物是机灵 、 好奇的动物.
• Until now, babbling had been observed only in humans and a few primates pygmy marmosets. 到目前为止牙牙学语只在人类和一些灵长类动物中发现过.
• The smallest primates in West deciduous forest of Madagascar was recently re - discovered in mouse lemurs. 最小的灵长类动物是西马达加斯加落叶林中最近被重新发现的小鼠狐猴.
• Consciousness or cerebration has been said to have emerged in the evolution of higher primates. 据说意识或思考在较高级灵长类的进化中已出现.

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

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings