herbivore 草食動物 — 中文意思、英文定義、例句

1.名詞B2

釋義

草食動物

只靠植物為食的動物

a living creature that obtains all its nutrients from plants — including leaves, grasses, fruits, seeds, and bark — rather than from meat or other animal matter.

例句

The biologist explained that rabbits are herbivores and need a diet rich in hay and fresh vegetables.

那位生物學家解釋說，兔子是草食動物，需要以乾草和新鮮蔬菜為主的飲食。

herbivore + need + noun phrase describing diet requirements

Dr. Okonkwo studied the fossilised teeth of several herbivore species to understand what ancient landscapes looked like.

Okonkwo 博士研究了幾種草食動物物種的牙齒化石，以了解古代地景的樣貌。

herbivore species — noun used as modifier before another noun

同義詞

plant-eater
informal, everyday equivalent — simpler but less precise in scientific contexts
grazer
a subset of herbivore that feeds mainly on grass at ground level, such as cattle or sheep
browser
a subset of herbivore that feeds on leaves, twigs, and shoots from shrubs and trees, such as giraffes or deer

反義詞

carnivore
an animal that eats meat, the opposite dietary category

用法筆記

A countable noun in nearly all contexts: 'a herbivore', 'two herbivores'. The adjective form is herbivorous (e.g. 'herbivorous dinosaurs'), not 'herbivore'. In technical biology writing the noun can appear attributively before another noun: 'herbivore species', 'herbivore teeth'.

常見錯誤

❌A cow is a herbivore animal.

✅A cow is a herbivore.' or 'A cow is a herbivorous animal.

💡herbivore is a noun, not an adjective; use herbivorous as the adjective form.

herbivore

herbivore — 名詞

1. a living creature that obtains all its nutrients from plants — including leaves,

用法筆記

常見錯誤