rhinoceros

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rhinoceros — 名詞

  • rhinocerossingular
  • rhinocerosesplural

1. A very large wild animal with extremely thick skin and one or two hard horns tha

1.名詞B1
釋義

犀牛

大型厚皮動物，鼻上有角

A very large wild animal with extremely thick skin and one or two hard horns that curve upward from its nose. Rhinoceroses live in Africa and parts of Asia.

例句

A rhinoceros can weigh over two thousand kilograms and run faster than a person.

一頭犀牛可以重達兩千公斤以上，跑得比人還快。

weigh + quantity pattern: can weigh over [amount]

Park rangers in Kenya watch the rhinoceros closely to protect it from hunters.

肯亞的公園管理員密切監視犀牛，以保護牠們免於遭受盜獵。

collocation: protect [species] from [threat]

常見搭配
  • white rhinoceros
  • black rhinoceros
  • Indian rhinoceros
  • endangered rhinoceros
  • rhinoceros horn
  • rhinoceros population
同義詞
  • rhino

    Informal shortened form; very common in conversation and news headlines

用法筆記

The plural is usually 'rhinoceros' or 'rhinoceroses'; 'rhinoceri' is very rare. The short form 'rhino' (plural 'rhino' or 'rhinos') is common in everyday speech.

常見錯誤

The rhinoceros has a horn on his head.
The rhinoceros has a horn on its nose.
A rhino's horn grows from the snout area, not the top of the head.
Hippopotamus and rhinoceros are the same animal.
Hippopotamus and rhinoceros are different animals.
They are often confused because both are large and thick-skinned, but rhinos have horns on their noses and live mainly on land, while hippos have no horns and spend most of their time in water.

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常見搭配

常用片語

  • endangered rhinoceros
  • white rhinoceros
  • black rhinoceros
  • rhinoceros horn