mammals
IPA/ˈmæm.əl/
KK[mˈæməlz]IPA/ˈmæm.əl/
mammals — noun
- mammalssingular
- mammalsesplural
1. A mammal is a warm-blooded animal that feeds its young with milk made by the mot
1.名詞B1
釋義
A mammal is a warm-blooded animal that feeds its young with milk made by the mother. Nearly all mammals deliver living babies instead of laying eggs, and hair or fur covers their skin. This group includes humans, whales, bats, elephants, and dogs.
例句
Whales and dolphins are mammals that spend their entire lives in the ocean.
mammals that + relative clause for defining category members
Mammals range in size from tiny shrews to enormous blue whales.
range from X to Y for describing variation within a group
Priya's science book had a whole chapter on mammals and their habitats.
A blue whale is the largest mammal ever to have lived on Earth.
In the January freeze, the sheep nursed their lambs while the frogs by the pond lay stiff and still.
常見錯誤
❌A penguin is a mammal because it is warm-blooded.
✅A penguin is a bird, not a mammal
💡birds have feathers and lay eggs.' — being warm-blooded alone does not make an animal a mammal; mammals also produce milk and have fur or hair.