• adj. [脊椎] 有袋的；袋狀的
• n. 有袋類動物

來自拉丁語marsupium,口袋，袋子。后用于指有袋類動物。

marsupial (adj.)

1690s, with -al (1) + Modern Latin marsupialis "having a pouch," coined from Late Latin marsupium "pouch, purse" (Classical Latin marsuppium), from Greek marsipion, diminutive of marsipos "bag, pouch," of foreign, possibly oriental, origin. As a noun from 1805.

1. Koala is an arboreal Australian marsupial.

考拉是一種澳大利亞樹棲有袋動物。

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2. The koala is a nocturnal, tree dwelling marsupial mammal.

考拉屬喜夜間活動的 、 居于樹上的有袋類哺乳動物.

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3. The marsupial has been in decline for decades due to urban sprawl from car accidentsdog attacks.

這種有袋動物其數(shù)量在過去幾十年間逐漸減少,主要原因是城市的擴(kuò)張、車禍和狗的襲擊.

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4. The injured marsupial which underwent surgery at the Melbourne Zoo is expected to recover.

接受了墨爾本動物園的外科手術(shù),這個受傷的有袋類動物有望康復(fù).

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