V2EX platypus

Platypus

释义 Definition

名词 (n.) 鸭嘴兽,一种原产于澳大利亚的卵生哺乳动物,拥有鸭子般的嘴、海狸般的尾巴和水獭般的脚蹼,是世界上最独特的动物之一。

发音 Pronunciation

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例句 Examples

The platypus is one of the few mammals that lay eggs.
鸭嘴兽是少数几种会产卵的哺乳动物之一。

Scientists were so baffled when the platypus was first discovered that they believed it to be a hoax a bizarre creature stitched together from parts of different animals.
科学家们在第一次发现鸭嘴兽时感到非常困惑,甚至认为它是一个骗局一种由不同动物的部分拼凑而成的怪异生物。

词源 Etymology

platypus 一词源自希腊语,由 platys(意为"扁平的")和 pous(意为"脚")组合而成,字面意思是"扁平的脚",指的是鸭嘴兽扁平的脚蹼。该词于18世纪末进入英语,最早由英国博物学家乔治肖(George Shaw)在1799年对这种动物进行科学描述时使用。其复数形式为 platypuses(而非拉丁化的 platypi)。

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文学作品引用 Literary References

  • 翁贝托艾柯(Umberto Eco)在《Kant and the Platypus》(《康德与鸭嘴兽》,1997)中以鸭嘴兽为核心隐喻,探讨人类如何对难以归类的事物进行分类与认知。
  • 安穆迪(Ann Moyal)在《Platypus: The Extraordinary Story of How a Curious Creature Baffled the World》(2001)中详细讲述了鸭嘴兽从被发现到被科学界接受的曲折历史。
  • 在儿童文学与流行文化中,鸭嘴兽也频繁出现,例如动画《飞哥与小佛》(Phineas and Ferb)中的经典角色特工P(Perry the Platypus)使这个词广为人知。
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