quadruped

名词 n.
/ˈkwɒdɹəpɛd/    /ˈkwɑdɹəˌpɛd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A four-footed or four-legged animal.
    — Bradshaw knew nothing of the 'wind of change' that was coming in a century's time, so he contented himself with an exposition on the Vale of the White Horse, "deriving its singular denomination from the gigantic carving of that useful quadruped, on a high chalky hill beyond".
  2. A mammal ambulating on all fours.

词形变化

quadrupeds plural quadriped alternative,misspelling quadraped alternative,misspelling

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder.
Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥-
Proto-Italic *kʷetru-
Proto-Indo-European *ped-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
Proto-Italic *pets
Proto-Italic *kʷetrupōts
Latin quadrupedembor.
French quadrupèdebor.
English quadruped
Borrowed from French quadrupède, from Middle French, from Latin stem of quadrupēs (“four-footed, a four-footed animal”), from quadri- (“four-”) + stem of pes (“foot”). Alternatively analyzable as quadru- + -ped. Doublet of tetrapod.
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