释义 |
marsupial adjective /mɑːˈsuːpiəl/ /mɑːrˈsuːpiəl/ [only before noun] - belonging to the group of animals that carry their young in a pocket of skin called a pouch有袋类动物(如袋鼠和树袋熊)
marsupial noun /mɑːˈsuːpiəl/ /mɑːrˈsuːpiəl/  enlarge image any animal that carries its young in a pocket of skin (called a pouch) on the mother’s stomach. Kangaroos and koalas are marsupials.有袋类动物(如袋鼠和树袋熊)Topics Animalsc2词源late 17th cent. (in the sense ‘resembling a pouch’): from modern Latin marsupialis, via Latin from Greek marsupion ‘pouch’, diminutive of marsipos ‘purse’.
|