hominid
/ˈhɒmɪnɪd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhɑːmɪnɪd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhä-mə-nəd -ˌnid/ (ame, mw)
hominid — 名詞
- hominidsingular
- hominidsplural
1. a primate belonging to the biological family that groups modern people together
人科動物
包含人類與大型類人猿的靈長類家族成員
a primate belonging to the biological family that groups modern people together with gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans, plus their extinct relatives known from fossils.
Adaeze studies how living hominids share roughly ninety-eight percent of their DNA.
Adaeze 研究現存人科動物之間如何共享約百分之九十八的 DNA。
scientific register: living hominids as a taxonomic grouping
The zoo's new exhibit displays four kinds of hominid: humans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans.
動物園的新展區展示了四種人科動物：人類、大猩猩、黑猩猩與紅毛猩猩。
collocation: kinds of hominid listed by species
Christopher explained that orangutans count as hominids even though many people picture only humans.
Christopher 解釋說，紅毛猩猩也算人科動物，雖然很多人只想到人類。
Most hominids walk on two legs at least some of the time during their daily activities.
大多數人科動物在日常活動中，至少有部分時間是用兩條腿走路的。
Researchers in Borneo recorded how wild hominids use sticks to dig insects from rotten wood.
婆羅洲的研究人員記錄到野生人科動物如何用樹枝從腐木中挖出昆蟲。
文法句型
a/the hominid
hominids of [region]
用法筆記
Modern biology groups great apes and humans together as hominids; older textbooks restricted the term to humans and their direct ancestors only. Distinguish from sense 2, which keeps that narrower meaning.
常見錯誤
2. a human being, or a much earlier walking ancestor of humans known mainly from fo
原始人類
現代人類或其早期直立行走的祖先
a human being, or a much earlier walking ancestor of humans known mainly from fossil bones found in Africa and Asia.
Mira's team uncovered a partial skull belonging to an early hominid in the Kenyan highlands.
Mira 的團隊在肯亞高地發現了一具早期原始人類的部分頭骨。
collocation: early hominid + fossil discovery context
These small stone tools were probably made by hominids living about two million years ago.
這些小型石器大概是由大約兩百萬年前的原始人類所製造的。
pattern: hominids living [time period] ago
Reema argued that the footprints showed a hominid walking upright across the wet ash.
Reema 認為這些腳印顯示有一名原始人類曾直立走過濕潤的火山灰。
Fossil hominids found at this site help scientists trace how the human jaw and teeth changed.
在這個遺址發現的原始人類化石，協助科學家追蹤人類下顎和牙齒如何演變。
Joaquín wonders what early hominids ate before they learned to control fire and cook meat.
Joaquín 好奇早期原始人類在學會用火與煮肉之前都吃些什麼。
- hominin
stricter scientific term that excludes great apes; covers only humans and their direct ancestors
- early human
everyday phrase used in popular science writing instead of the technical term
文法句型
early hominid
fossil hominid
用法筆記
Frequently appears as 'early hominid' or 'fossil hominid' when discussing prehistoric ancestors. Distinguish from sense 1, which covers the wider modern biological family including great apes.
常見錯誤
hominid — 形容詞
- hominidpositive
- more hominidcomparative
- most hominidsuperlative
1. describing something that belongs to, or shares features with, the biological fa
人科的
屬於人類與大型類人猿家族的
describing something that belongs to, or shares features with, the biological family of humans and great apes.
Indra's lecture compared hominid hand bones with those of smaller monkeys from South America.
Indra 的講座比較了人科的手骨與南美洲小型猴類的手骨。
attributive: hominid + body-part noun
Wren found several hominid teeth in the cave layer dated to one million years ago.
Wren 在一層距今一百萬年的洞穴沉積中發現了幾顆人科的牙齒。
collocation: hominid teeth in archaeological context
The journal published new data on hominid brain size across the last four million years.
該期刊發表了關於過去四百萬年來人科腦容量的新數據。
Élise photographs hominid behaviour at sanctuaries that care for rescued chimpanzees and orangutans.
Élise 在收容受救援黑猩猩與紅毛猩猩的庇護所，拍攝人科的行為。
- hominin
narrower term used when the focus is on humans and their direct ancestors only
文法句型
hominid + noun
用法筆記
Used only before a noun (attributive). Almost always appears in scientific writing about anatomy, behaviour, or evolution; you will rarely hear it in everyday speech.