warm-blooded
/ˌwɔːm ˈblʌdɪd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌwɔːrm ˈblʌdɪd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈwȯrm-ˈblə-dəd How to pronounce warm-blooded (audio)/ (ame, mw)
warm-blooded — 形容詞
1. used to describe creatures whose internal heat stays at a nearly constant level,
恆溫的
動物體溫恆定不受外界影響
used to describe creatures whose internal heat stays at a nearly constant level, regardless of whether the surrounding air or water is hot or cold — for example, mammals and birds keep the same core temperature on a very hot summer day and a freezing winter night.
Cats and dogs are warm-blooded animals, so their body heat stays the same on cold nights.
貓和狗是恆溫動物，所以在寒冷的夜晚體溫仍然保持不變。
collocation: warm-blooded animals
Reptiles are not warm-blooded, so the zookeeper keeps a heat lamp in their enclosure.
爬蟲類不是恆溫動物，所以動物園管理員在牠們的圍欄裡放了保溫燈。
contrast with cold-blooded reptiles
In biology class, the teacher asked Nila to name three warm-blooded animals that are not birds.
在生物課上，老師請 Nila 舉出三種不是鳥類的恆溫動物。
Being a warm-blooded mammal, the fox must eat more food than a snake of the same size.
狐狸是恆溫哺乳動物，因此牠吃的食物必須比同等體型的蛇更多。
Warm-blooded creatures use a lot of energy just to keep their body temperature steady in cold weather.
恆溫動物需要消耗大量能量，才能在寒冷天氣中維持穩定的體溫。
- homeothermic
formal scientific term used in biology textbooks; less common in everyday English
- endothermic
technical term describing heat generated from within the body; used in physiology rather than general classification
- cold-blooded
everyday opposite; describes animals whose body temperature matches the environment (e.g. reptiles, fish)
- ectothermic
formal scientific antonym; describes animals that get heat from external sources
文法句型
warm-blooded + noun (attributive)
be + warm-blooded (predicative)
用法筆記
This word is most common in biology contexts when classifying animals. The noun form 'warm-bloodedness' is rare in everyday speech. Use 'warm-blooded' attributively (e.g. 'warm-blooded animals') more often than predicatively (e.g. 'these animals are warm-blooded'), though both are correct.