Anthropoid



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 像人类的;n. 类人猿
• ［英］ adj. 像人类的 ( resembling a human)
• ［记］ anthrop ( 人) +oid ( 像...一样) -> 像人的
• ［同］ 同根词: misanthrope ( 厌世者) ; philanthropist ( 博爱家)
• ［例］ The chimpanzee has many anthropoid facial features.

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Greek anthrōpoeidēs resembling a human, from anthrōpos
• Date: 1832
• 1. any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (as macaques and marmosets); especially ape 1b
• 2. a person resembling an ape the howling anthropoids of the Hookworm Belt — H. L. Mencken
• • anthropoid adjective

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