megafauna

美 [m?'ɡæf?n?] 　英 [me'ɡæf?:n?]

• n.大型動(dòng)物群；廣布動(dòng)物群
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)巨型動(dòng)物群；巨型土壤動(dòng)物；巨型生物

英漢解釋

n.	1. 大型動(dòng)物群 2. 廣布動(dòng)物群

英英解釋

n.	1. the animal life in a particular place that is larger than microscopic in size

例句

The climate may have changed due to a dramatic fall in atmospheric methane when these animals, or "megafauna" , disappeared.

在這些動(dòng)物，即“巨型土壤動(dòng)物”消失以后，沼氣量的急劇下降可能造成了氣候的改變。

Charismatic megafauna like the panda do appeal to people's emotional side, and attract a lot of public attention.

像熊貓這樣魅力十足的巨型動(dòng)物確實(shí)能吸引人們情感上的關(guān)注，吸引大量的公眾注意力。

"I was extremely surprised that local 'community memory' of the Yangtze megafauna is being lost so rapidly, " Turvey says.

“當(dāng)?shù)厝?/c>對(duì)長(zhǎng)江巨型動(dòng)物的‘社區(qū)記憶’消失地如此之快，我對(duì)此感到非常震驚，”特維說(shuō)。

They typically have a similar megafauna and climate to neighbouring continental landmasses but human arrival was often delayed.

它們與附近的大陸具有相似的物種和氣候，但是人類(lèi)通常在更晚的時(shí)間到達(dá)那些島嶼。

The slow-moving behemoth had been crossing a volcanic plain 100, 000 years ago, when megafauna still walked tall.

這種移動(dòng)緩慢的龐然大物十萬(wàn)年前曾穿越維多利亞平原，那時(shí)巨型動(dòng)物仍然盛行在大陸上。

Another charismatic megafauna species that I worked with is the story I did on the right whale.

在我參與過(guò)的報(bào)道中，另一個(gè)極具魅力的大型物種是露脊鯨。