| 单词 | hippopotamus |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [`hipə'pɔtəməs] |
| 解释 | n. 河马 |
| 红宝书 | 【记】 hippo(马)+potam(河 流)+us→河马 【同】 同根词：hippocampus (海马); potamic(河流的) |
| 字源 | hippopotamus (n.) 1560s, from Late Latin hippopotamus, from Greek hippopotamus "riverhorse" (earlier ho hippos ho potamios "the horse of the river"), from hippos "horse" (see equine) + potamos "river, rushing water" (see potamo-). Replaced Middle English ypotame (c.1300), which is from the same source but via Old French. Glossed in Old English as sæhengest.Ypotamos comen flyngynge. ... Grete bestes and griselich ["Kyng Alisaunder," c.1300] |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 河马(一种大型水生食草型哺乳动物) 【记】hippo(n 河马), potam河流, us－河马hip(n 臀部), popo泡泡, tamus: 河马在水里放P产生popo 【参】hippocampus(n 海马); potamic(adj 河流的; 江河的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】hippo- 马 + potam 河；音：喝泡泡大马，水里喝(吐)泡泡的大马→河马 |
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