rhinoceros

IPA/raɪˈnɒsərəs/
KK[raɪnˈɑsɚəs]IPA/raɪˈnɑːsərəs/

rhinoceros — noun

  • rhinocerossingular
  • rhinocerosesplural

1. A very large wild animal with extremely thick skin and one or two hard horns tha

1.名詞B1
釋義

A very large wild animal with extremely thick skin and one or two hard horns that curve upward from its nose. Rhinoceroses live in Africa and parts of Asia.

例句

A rhinoceros can weigh over two thousand kilograms and run faster than a person.

weigh + quantity pattern: can weigh over [amount]

Park rangers in Kenya watch the rhinoceros closely to protect it from hunters.

collocation: protect [species] from [threat]

同義詞
  • rhino

    Informal shortened form; very common in conversation and news headlines

用法筆記

The plural is usually 'rhinoceros' or 'rhinoceroses'; 'rhinoceri' is very rare. The short form 'rhino' (plural 'rhino' or 'rhinos') is common in everyday speech.

常見錯誤

❌The rhinoceros has a horn on his head.
✅The rhinoceros has a horn on its nose.
💡A rhino's horn grows from the snout area, not the top of the head.
❌Hippopotamus and rhinoceros are the same animal.
✅Hippopotamus and rhinoceros are different animals.
💡They are often confused because both are large and thick-skinned, but rhinos have horns on their noses and live mainly on land, while hippos have no horns and spend most of their time in water.