rodents是什么意思？

rodents

英['rəʊdənt] 美['roʊdənt]

• n. <动>啮齿目动物( rodent的名词复数 )；

例句

• Strychnine is used to kill rodents and pyrrolizidine alkaloids have significant activity against microbes. 而吡咯里西啶类生物碱则具有较强的杀菌活性.
• Humans who winter over live like rodents in burrow - like stations . Outside work is often impossible. 在这里过冬的人们像啮齿类动物那样,生活在洞穴般的考察站内,常常不可能在室外工作.
• The plains of North America are colonized by rodents. 北美大平原生长着许多啮齿动物.
• Rodents carry diseases and are generally regarded as pests. 啮齿目动物传播疾病,常被当作害虫对待.
• Subterranean rodents are rodents which live in special ecotope. [中英文摘要]地下鼠是一类生活在特殊生境中的啮齿动物,是研究动物适应进化的理想材料.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  啮齿动物
  Rodents are small mammals which have sharp front teeth. Rats, mice, and squirrels are rodents.