indri是什么意思

双语例句

(1)Like so many other mammals, insects, trees, plants and reptiles (I'm talking fire-engine red tomato frogs and geckos shaped like leaves), the indri indri is unique to Madagascar.

和其它哺乳动物、昆虫、树木、植物和爬行动物一样(如：和消防栓一样红的青蛙、壁虎形状的树叶)，猕猴对于马达加斯加来说是独一无二的。

释义

n.

a large, short-tailed Madagascan lemur which jumps from tree to tree in an upright position and rarely comes to the ground

大狐猴。

词源

"mid 19th cent.: from Malagasy indry! ‘behold! ’ or indry izy! ‘there he is! ’, mistaken for its name. The Malagasy name is babakoto."