英语词汇“brachiate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

brachiate

verb /ˈbrakɪeɪt

/ [no object]

(Of certain apes) move by using the arms to swing from branch to branch: the gibbons brachiate energetically across their enclosure (as adjective brachiating) a brachiating mode of locomotion...

Here we see the elusive and shy marsh gibbon, brachiating through the sphagnum swamps.
For the gibbon, the only truly arm-swinging primate, the arms are long and flexible, and the legs, short and reduced - basically to get them out of the way as the owner brachiates through the trees.
Humans are descended from apes, brachiating creatures who are at home hanging from branches.

adjective /ˈbrakɪət

/ /ˈbreɪkɪət

/ Biology

1Branched, especially having widely spread paired branches on alternate sides.Isidia are extensions of the surface of the thallus and may be cylindrical, globular, brachiate (branched) or lobula (lobe-like)....

Maple trees are brachiate.

2Having arms.It is a discussion of the classification and relations of the brachiate crinoids....

Others have maintained that the earliest brachiate echinoderms had only three arms.

Derivatives

brachiation

/breɪkɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ noun ...

An ape is defined by the ability to move through the trees swinging arm over arm in a form of locomotion called brachiation.
In primate species in which brachiation is fully developed, a primate can move through the trees faster than a human can walk on the ground.
Brachiation is not only an effective form of locomotion, and it also allows the gibbons to reach and harvest every fruit of a branch.

brachiator

noun ...

Brace and Montagu are firmly convinced that man evolved from a true brachiator; hence he is a "made-over ape."
There is a growing school of thought that the last common ancestor of humans and chimps was a brachiator and not a knuckle-walker.
The black gibbon is a true brachiator which means it moves by suspensory behavior.

Origin

Mid 18th century (originally in the sense 'having paired branches'): from Latin brachium 'arm' + -ate².

单词	brachiate
释义	brachiate verb /ˈbrakɪeɪt / [no object] (Of certain apes) move by using the arms to swing from branch to branch: the gibbons brachiate energetically across their enclosure (as adjective brachiating) a brachiating mode of locomotion... Here we see the elusive and shy marsh gibbon, brachiating through the sphagnum swamps. For the gibbon, the only truly arm-swinging primate, the arms are long and flexible, and the legs, short and reduced - basically to get them out of the way as the owner brachiates through the trees. Humans are descended from apes, brachiating creatures who are at home hanging from branches. adjective /ˈbrakɪət / /ˈbreɪkɪət / Biology 1Branched, especially having widely spread paired branches on alternate sides.Isidia are extensions of the surface of the thallus and may be cylindrical, globular, brachiate (branched) or lobula (lobe-like).... Maple trees are brachiate. 2Having arms.It is a discussion of the classification and relations of the brachiate crinoids.... Others have maintained that the earliest brachiate echinoderms had only three arms. Derivatives brachiation /breɪkɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ noun ... An ape is defined by the ability to move through the trees swinging arm over arm in a form of locomotion called brachiation. In primate species in which brachiation is fully developed, a primate can move through the trees faster than a human can walk on the ground. Brachiation is not only an effective form of locomotion, and it also allows the gibbons to reach and harvest every fruit of a branch. brachiator noun ... Brace and Montagu are firmly convinced that man evolved from a true brachiator; hence he is a "made-over ape." There is a growing school of thought that the last common ancestor of humans and chimps was a brachiator and not a knuckle-walker. The black gibbon is a true brachiator which means it moves by suspensory behavior. Origin Mid 18th century (originally in the sense 'having paired branches'): from Latin brachium 'arm' + -ate².
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