mammals
mammals — 名詞
- mammalssingular
- mammalsesplural
1. A mammal is a warm-blooded animal that feeds its young with milk made by the mot
哺乳類
以母乳餵養幼崽的溫血動物
A mammal is a warm-blooded animal that feeds its young with milk made by the mother. Nearly all mammals deliver living babies instead of laying eggs, and hair or fur covers their skin. This group includes humans, whales, bats, elephants, and dogs.
Whales and dolphins are mammals that spend their entire lives in the ocean.
鯨魚和海豚是終其一生都生活在海洋中的哺乳類動物。
mammals that + relative clause for defining category members
Mammals range in size from tiny shrews to enormous blue whales.
哺乳類動物的體型差異極大，從微小的鼩鼱到巨大的藍鯨都有。
range from X to Y for describing variation within a group
Priya's science book had a whole chapter on mammals and their habitats.
Priya 的自然課本有一整章都在介紹哺乳類動物和牠們的棲息地。
A blue whale is the largest mammal ever to have lived on Earth.
藍鯨是地球上有史以來體型最大的哺乳類動物。
In the January freeze, the sheep nursed their lambs while the frogs by the pond lay stiff and still.
一月嚴寒中，羊群照常哺育小羊，池邊的青蛙卻凍得僵硬。