echidna

echidna

美 [ɪˈkɪdnə] 　英 [ɪ'kɪdnə]

• n.针鼹
• 网络厄喀德那；针鼹鼠；澳洲针鼹

词形变化

复数：echidnas  复数：echidnae  

英汉双解

英汉解释

n.

1. 【动】针鼹

英英解释

n.	1. a small Australian animal that eats ants and other insects

例句

He echidna uses its long sticky tongue to catch ants. The echidna and the platypus are the only existing egg-laying mammals.

针利用富黏性的长舌捕食蚂蚁，它与鸭嘴兽是仅存的卵生哺乳类动物。

The Australian short-beaked echidna, a monotreme, is one of the oldest living mammals on earth.

澳大利亚短吻针鼹，一单孔类动物，是现存最古老的地球上的哺乳动物之一。

The echidna lays eggs like a duck but suckles its young in a pouch like a kangaroo.

针鼹鼠像鸡鸭一样下蛋，但却像袋鼠一样在袋里哺乳幼崽。

Any of several other animals, including the echidna , aardvark, and pangolin, that feed on ants.

其它几种食蚁兽这样的动物，如穿山甲、土豚、针鼹等，以蚂蚁为食。

But the best was yet to come when Jackson's well-trained eye spotted an echidna scurrying under a tree.

不过，这时压轴好戏才要上场呢。杰克森那双训练有素的眼睛发现一只针鼹猬匆匆忙忙地跑到树底下。

"Spiny anteater" is the nickname of a strange little animal (1) whose real name is echidna.

“多刺食蚁动物”是一种奇怪小动物的绰号，它的真名是针鼹。

It is one of only two mammals (the echidna is the other) that lay eggs.

它是仅有的两种产蛋哺乳动物之一。

Both the platypus and the echidna lay soft-shelled eggs, and both feed their young with milk that leaks out through their skin.

鸭嘴兽和针鼹猬都会产下软壳的卵，两者的腹部皮肤也都会分泌出乳汁以喂养幼兽。

The Echidna leads the GTMS Team Australia defense.

针鼹带领澳大利亚队防守。

What science has learned about the echidna in the past 200 years and why there are still large gaps is reported here.

什么科学已经了解到，在过去200年针鼹和为什么仍有很大的差距此处报告。

So far scientists have found no fossil evidence of an echidna transition from water;

科学家尚未发现任何化石证据，显出针鼹是从水生过渡到陆生的。