ape-man

ape-man — noun

1. an early creature, now extinct, whose body and brain looked partly like a modern

1.名詞C1
釋義

an early creature, now extinct, whose body and brain looked partly like a modern human and partly like a chimpanzee or gorilla — for example, an australopithecine — sometimes pictured in old stories as the missing link between apes and people.

例句

The museum in Nairobi shows the skull of an ape-man who walked the African plains millions of years ago.

singular countable: an ape-man

Dr. Zara's class compared the jaw of a modern child with that of an ape-man.

comparison context: with a modern X

同義詞
  • hominid

    scientific; covers all great apes plus their human-like ancestors

  • australopithecine

    technical; one specific group of early ape-men

  • missing link

    popular phrase; suggests a single bridge species, an idea now rejected

文法句型

a/an + ape-man

ape-men (plural)

用法筆記

Largely outdated in modern science; specialists now use names like 'australopithecine' or 'hominid'. 'Ape-man' survives in popular books, museums, and fiction. Plural is 'ape-men'.

常見錯誤

❌A monkey is an ape-man.
✅An australopithecine is an example of an ape-man.
💡modern living monkeys are not ape-men; the term refers to extinct human ancestors.
❌Two ape-mans were found.
✅Two ape-men were found.
💡plural follows the irregular pattern of 'man → men'.