hippopotamus

名词 hippopotamus:

1. massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
   同义词：hippo, river horse, Hippopotamus amphibius

1. The children enjoyed watching the hippopotamus wallowing in the mud.
   孩子们喜欢看河马在泥中打滚。

hip.po.pot.a.mus

n.（名词）
【复数】 hip.po.pot.a.mus.es 或 hip.po.pot.a.mi [-mo.]
A large, chiefly aquatic African herbivorous mammal(Hippopotamus amphibius) having thick, dark, almost hairless skin, short legs with four toes, and a broad, wide-mouthed muzzle. Also called river horse
河马：非洲的一种大型水生食草型哺乳动物（河马 河马属） ，皮厚且黑，几乎无毛，短腿，有四个脚趾，口鼻宽阔突出 也作 river horse
The pygmy hippopotamus.
倭河马

来源：
Latin
拉丁语
from Greek hippopotamos
源自 希腊语 hippopotamos
hippos [horse] * see ekwo-
hippos [马] *参见 ekwo-
potamos [river] * see pet-
potamos [河] *参见 pet-