| 单词 | quadruped |
| 释义 | quadruped (once / 2295 pages) nadj A squirrel, a zebra, a deer, a wolf, and a grizzly bear meet in a field. Yes, a disaster in the making, but also a bunch of quadrupeds — animals that walk on four feet. Cut quadruped in half and it makes sense: quadru means four, like when a woman births four babies they are called quadruplets. And –ped is for the feet: think of centipedes and millipedes, insects that have so many feet it’s disturbing. A human is a biped because they walk on two feet. If you meet a human with four feet, you could call him a quadruped. You could also call the circus and let them know their quadruped is loose. WORD FAMILYquadruped: quadrupedal, quadrupeds+/quadrupedal: quadrupedally USAGE EXAMPLESEuropeans were to abandon eating meat from “quadrupeds”—sheep, goats, and other four-legged animals on these days. Science Magazine(Sep 15, 2016) When they did arrive — snakes, humans, birds, a quadruped — you wished there were more. Los Angeles Times(Aug 05, 2016) “It seems to me almost certain that an ordinary hoofed quadruped might be converted into a giraffe,” Darwin wrote, echoing Lamarck. The New Yorker(May 17, 2016) 1n an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking Hyper tetrapod a vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendages 2adj having four feet Syn|Ant four-footed, quadrupedal biped, bipedal, two-footed having two feet |
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