| 释义 |
Definition of pygmy shrew in English: pygmy shrewnoun A shrew which is one of the smallest known mammals. Genus Sorex, family Soricidae: several species Example sentencesExamples - Sometimes I feel more like a pygmy shrew than an armadillo.
- While mice, rats and moles, rabbits, frogs and a pygmy shrew were recorded, the vast majority of cats favoured birds.
- The pygmy shrew is the smallest mammal you'll find in the northern hemisphere.
- ‘Technically, perhaps,’ replied the imperturbable polymog, ‘but you are to a great white as a pygmy shrew is to a rhinoceros.’
- They dominate their other songs like The Colussus of Rhodes towering over a huddle of pygmy shrews.
Definition of pygmy shrew in US English: pygmy shrewnoun A shrew which is one of the smallest known mammals. Genus Sorex, family Soricidae: several species, in particular the Eurasian S. minutus and the American S. hoyi Example sentencesExamples - The pygmy shrew is the smallest mammal you'll find in the northern hemisphere.
- While mice, rats and moles, rabbits, frogs and a pygmy shrew were recorded, the vast majority of cats favoured birds.
- They dominate their other songs like The Colussus of Rhodes towering over a huddle of pygmy shrews.
- ‘Technically, perhaps,’ replied the imperturbable polymog, ‘but you are to a great white as a pygmy shrew is to a rhinoceros.’
- Sometimes I feel more like a pygmy shrew than an armadillo.
|