| 单词 | platypus |
| 释义 | platypus noun[C] uk/ˈplæt.ɪ.pəs/us/ˈplæt̬.ɪ.pəs/(alsoduck-billed platypus)an Australianrivermammalwith awidebeakwhoseyoungarebornfromeggs 鸭嘴兽 DEA PICTURE LIBRARY/De Agostini Picture Library/GettyImages Wild mammals
Examplesofplatypusplatypus For aplatypus, which satisfies all antecedents, no rule is superior to all competing rules. From theCambridge English Corpus The opossum, wallaby andplatypusexhibit levels of conservation similar to the eutherian mammals within exons, however there is a significant reduction in non-exonic conservation. From theCambridge English Corpus The world's diversity, theplatypuscontinually reminds us, seems perpetually to resist our ability to represent it fully within systems of human knowledge. From theCambridge English Corpus Neither theplatypusnor the cetacean data is consistent with a relation to intellectual function or memory. From theCambridge English Corpus Anomalies like theplatypusand the kangaroo challenged natural science's ability to (as it were) carve nature at the joints. From theCambridge English Corpus Theplatypusput in its place. From theCambridge English Corpus The first emergence of mammals was 190 million years ago, when monotremes such as the duck-billedplatypusfed their offspring from secretory patches of specialised skin. From theCambridge English Corpus I myself believe that the duckbilledplatypushas four feet and two wings and a duck's bill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The hovercraft seemed for a long time to be a sort of duck-billedplatypusamong vehicles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am told that the duck-billedplatypuswas not necessarily the most functional of beasts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Nevertheless, like theplatypus, 1 expect that it will prove extremely functional. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In a way he selected a duck-billedplatypusof a country which obeyed no particular rule. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Like theplatypus, it is a peculiar mixture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The scheme has been so successful that platypuses and other animals which had found it almost impossible to breed are multiplying in the enclosed, safe area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it the sound of her body splashing in the lagoon or... only aplatypus? From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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