macaque

IPA/məˈkæk/
IPA/məˈkæk/

macaque — 名詞

  • macaquesingular
  • macaquesplural

1. a medium-sized primate with a stocky body, an extended face, and stretchy areas

1.名詞B1
釋義

獼猴

一種中型的猴子,有頰囊可暫存食物

a medium-sized primate with a stocky body, an extended face, and stretchy areas inside the cheeks for storing food, found across Africa, Asia, and Gibraltar

例句

In Japan, Mira watched a group of macaques warming themselves in a hot spring.

Mira 在日本看到一群獼猴在溫泉裡取暖。

habitat detail: Japanese macaques in hot springs

The zookeeper showed the children how a macaque stores nuts inside its cheek pouches.

動物管理員向孩子們展示獼猴如何把堅果藏在頰囊裡。

key anatomical feature: cheek pouches for storing food

同義詞
  • monkey

    much broader term; all macaques are monkeys, but most monkeys are not macaques

文法句型

a macaque

the macaque

macaques (plural)