arboreal

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɑːˈbɔːɹɪ.əl/    美 /ɑɹˈbɔɹi.əl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any tree-dwelling creature.
    — So, by learning to use their eyes to more and more advantage the arboreals added another treasure to the foundation of human intelligence.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or resembling a tree.
    — High and sacred, in good troth, is the power of the microcosmical spirit, which without any arboreal trunck produceth a true Cherry:
  2. Living in or among trees.
    — If the harvest mouse had been more strictly arboreal, it would perhaps have had its tail rendered structurally prehensile, as is the case with some members of the same order.
  3. Covered or filled with trees.
    — The breadth of the arboreal landscape requires a longer list of living creatures, and creatures of greater bulk.

词形变化

arboreals plural

词汇关系

衍生词
arborealism arborealist arboreality arboreally Monte Cristo arboreal alligator lizard nonarboreal semiarboreal subarboreal
相关词
arbor arborescent arboreous arborous boreal dendritic sylvan

词源

词源 1
From Latin arboreus (“tree-like”) + -al, mid-17th century.
词源 2
From Latin arboreus (“tree-like”) + -al, mid-17th century.
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