dugongs

dugongs

美 ['duɡɑ?z] 　英 ['du:ɡ??z]

• n.【動】儒艮

詞形變化

復數：dugongs  

英漢解釋

n.	1. 【動】儒艮,人魚

英英解釋

n.	1. a large plant-eating sea mammal, related to the manatee. It has a two-lobed tail, a cleft upper lip, forelimbs resembling flippers, and tusks in the male.

例句

Female dugongs have one calf after a yearlong pregnancy, and the mother helps her young reach the surface and take its first breath.

雌性儒艮懷孕一年后才會產出一個小儒艮，然后由母親儒艮幫助沒有經驗的小儒艮穿出水面作第一次呼吸。

Dugongs spend much of their time alone or in pairs, though they are sometimes seen gathered in large herds of a hundred animals.

儒艮有很多時間是單獨生活或成對生活的，盡管有時我們也會看到它們成百地聚集為巨大的動物獸群。

Dugongs are now legally protected throughout their range, but their populations are still in a tenuous state.

儒艮目前在整個范圍內受到法律的保護，但其數量仍然處于貧乏的狀態中。

Some believe that dugongs were the inspiration for ancient seafaring tales of mermaids and sirens.

有些人認為，儒艮是為古代美人魚和塞任（siren）【1】航海故事的啟示。

Herds of dugongs or sea cows -- some of which can reach three metres long -- ply the coastal waters, grazing on sea-grass.

嚼著海草的儒艮（又叫海牛）群在海邊的水里層層疊疊，它們有的可達三米長。

Dugongs are now protected, but their population status remains precarious.

如今，儒艮已經被保護起來，但是它們的數目情況還是危險。

Possibly the inspiration for mariners' tales of mermaids, dugongs are closely related to elephants.

它可能是水手的美人魚故事的啟示，儒艮與大象是密切相關的。

Many are large animals, such as rhinos, tapirs, elephants, dugongs and manatees.

它們中的許多都是大型哺乳動物，比如犀牛、貘、大象、儒艮和海牛。