carnivorous
pronunciation
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- adj.
- (动物)食肉的
- 肉食
Word Origin
Example
- 1. It is astounding to think that pollution has literally turned carnivorous plants vegetarian .
- 环境污染使食肉植物变为素食的想法让人感到震惊。
- 2. The thought of carnivorous chameleon dinosaurs is just a touch frightening for me .
- 而那些食肉的变色恐龙令我大吃一惊。
- 3. Other large carnivorous dinosaurs likely also engaged in cannibalistic feeding behaviors
- 其他种类的大型肉食恐龙可能也残食同类
- 4. One animal captured on video looks like a flower , covered with glasslike needles , but scientists think it is probably a carnivorous sponge .
- 这个动物全身布满玻璃状的针,看上去像是朵花,不过科学家认为这很可能是种食肉海绵。
- 5. Some scientists suggest that plants like the pitcher plant and the sundew became carnivorous because they were trying to adapt to their environments .
- 有些科学家提出,像猪笼草和茅膏菜一类的植物之所以成为食肉性植物,是努力适应周围环境的表现。
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