megafauna

megafauna

美 [mɛ'ɡæfɔnə] 　英 [me'ɡæfɔ:nə]

• n.大型动物群；广布动物群
• 网络巨型动物群；巨型土壤动物；巨型生物

英汉解释

n.	1. 大型动物群 2. 广布动物群

英英解释

n.	1. the animal life in a particular place that is larger than microscopic in size

例句

The climate may have changed due to a dramatic fall in atmospheric methane when these animals, or "megafauna" , disappeared.

在这些动物，即“巨型土壤动物”消失以后，沼气量的急剧下降可能造成了气候的改变。

Charismatic megafauna like the panda do appeal to people's emotional side, and attract a lot of public attention.

像熊猫这样魅力十足的巨型动物确实能吸引人们情感上的关注，吸引大量的公众注意力。

"I was extremely surprised that local 'community memory' of the Yangtze megafauna is being lost so rapidly, " Turvey says.

“当地人对长江巨型动物的‘社区记忆’消失地如此之快，我对此感到非常震惊，”特维说。

They typically have a similar megafauna and climate to neighbouring continental landmasses but human arrival was often delayed.

它们与附近的大陆具有相似的物种和气候，但是人类通常在更晚的时间到达那些岛屿。

The slow-moving behemoth had been crossing a volcanic plain 100, 000 years ago, when megafauna still walked tall.

这种移动缓慢的庞然大物十万年前曾穿越维多利亚平原，那时巨型动物仍然盛行在大陆上。

Another charismatic megafauna species that I worked with is the story I did on the right whale.

在我参与过的报道中，另一个极具魅力的大型物种是露脊鯨。