mammal
mammal — 名詞
1. a warm-blooded animal that feeds its babies with milk from its mother's body. Ma
哺乳動物
用母乳哺育幼兒的動物
a warm-blooded animal that feeds its babies with milk from its mother's body. Mammals have hair or fur, and most are born from their mother's body rather than from eggs.
Walid learned in biology class that whales are mammals, not fish.
Walid 在生物課上學到鯨魚是哺乳動物，不是魚類。
classification: X is a mammal, not Y
Hui explained to her little brother that a blue whale is the largest mammal on Earth.
Hui 向她弟弟解釋，藍鯨是地球上體型最大的哺乳動物。
superlative: the largest mammal on Earth
Unlike reptiles and birds, mammals keep their body temperature steady and warm.
與爬蟲類和鳥類不同，哺乳動物能保持體溫穩定而溫暖。
Tomás saw a mammal drinking from the river during his camping trip.
Tomás 在露營時看到一隻哺乳動物在河邊喝水。
Bao read that most mammals care for their babies for a long time after birth.
Bao 讀到大多數哺乳動物在生產後會長期照顧寶寶。
- animal
much broader category; includes reptiles, birds, fish, and insects
- creature
even broader; can refer to any living being real or imaginary
- vertebrate
a different biological group that includes fish, birds, and reptiles too
文法句型
mammal + verb (singular/plural agreement)
用法筆記
Use 'mammals' (plural) when talking about the group as a whole. The singular 'mammal' is used for one specific animal or when describing characteristics of the class.