单词 | hippopotamus |
释义 | hippopotamus (once / 3572 pages) n WORD FAMILY hippopotamus: hippopotami, hippopotamuses USAGE EXAMPLESThis year’s holiday advertising campaign for the United States Postal Service featured a little girl’s stunningly infectious musical plea: “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas.” New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) A hippopotamus decided to invade the golf course during the final round of the Alfred Dunhill Championship in Malelane, South Africa. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) Postal Service commercial in which the post office boasts it ships more online gifts, hippopotamuses included, than anybody. Washington Times(Dec 16, 2016) n massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa Syn|Hyper Hippopotamus amphibius, hippo, river horse artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal, even-toed ungulate placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot |
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