hippopotamus

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌhɪp.əˈpɒt.ə.məs/    美 /ˌhɪp.əˈpɑ.tə.məs/|[ˌhɪp.əˈpɑ.ɾə.məs]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A semi-aquatic, herbivorous, African hoofed mammal of the family Hippopotamidae.
  2. The common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius).
    — These were the first hippopotami that we had ever seen, and, to judge by their insatiable curiosity, I should judge that we were the first white men that they had ever seen.

词形变化

hippopotami plural hippopotamuses plural hippopotamus plural hippopotamos alternative,archaic hippotamus alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
common hippopotamus dependapotamus hippo hippopotamic hippopotamoid Hippopotamus Defence hippopotamuslike pygmy hippopotamus woolly hippopotamus
相关词
hippo- hippopotamine Mesopotamia potamic

词源

From Latin and New Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) (English hippo-) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”). First attested in the 1560s.
Displaced native Old English sǣhenġest, and largely displaced English nicker (from native Old English nicor) and river horse.
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