hippo
hippo — 名詞
- hipposingular
- hipposplural
1. the short everyday name for a hippopotamus: an enormous plant-eating African ani
河馬
非洲大型草食動物，棲息於河湖中
the short everyday name for a hippopotamus: an enormous plant-eating African animal with a barrel-shaped body, almost hairless grey-brown skin, a huge mouth, and four stumpy legs, that wallows in muddy rivers and pools
Abigail spotted a hippo yawning wide in the brown river during her safari.
Abigail 在獵遊途中看到一頭河馬在渾濁的河水中張大嘴巴。
collocation: spotted a hippo + present participle
Aylin's guide warned the group not to drift too close to the hippos.
Aylin 的導遊警告大家不要靠那些河馬太近。
Soraya heard a hippo snort loudly just before it sank below the surface.
Soraya 聽到一頭河馬大聲噴氣，隨後便沉入水中。
Ilan took a blurry photo of a hippo half-hidden in the muddy water.
Ilan 拍了一張河馬半隱半現在泥水中的模糊照片。
The children watched a hippo and her calf shuffle slowly across the sandbank.
孩子們看著河馬媽媽帶著小河馬緩緩走過沙洲。
- hippopotamus
the full, formal name; used in scientific and academic contexts
- river horse
old-fashioned literal translation of the Greek name; rarely used today
文法句型
a hippo
the hippo
hippos
用法筆記
Hippo is the everyday short form of hippopotamus. In formal writing, school reports, or scientific contexts, use the full word 'hippopotamus' instead.