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hippopotamus
英音 [ ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəməs ]
美音 [ ˌhɪpəˈpɑːtəməs ]
释义
n. 河马
变形
hippopotamuses/hippopotami
复数
例句
1·The DNA suggests that whales are descendants of the hippopotamus .
DNA 表明，鲸鱼是河马的后代。
2·The UK government looks increasingly like a python that has swallowed a hippopotamus .
英国政府越看越像是一条吞下河马的巨蟒。
3·Sir Isaac Newton was very much smaller than a hippopotamus , but we do not on that account value him less.
艾萨克·牛顿爵士比起河马的体型可小多了，但是我们并不会因此贬低他。
同义词
n.
[脊椎]河马
river horse
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