hippopotamus
n. 河马
复数 hippopotamuses或hippopotami
例句
The DNA suggests that whales are descendants of the hippopotamus.
DNA 表明,鲸鱼是河马的后代。
The UK government looks increasingly like a python that has swallowed a hippopotamus.
英国政府越看越像是一条吞下河马的巨蟒。
Sir Isaac Newton was very much smaller than a hippopotamus, but we do not on that account value him less.
艾萨克·牛顿爵士比起河马的体型可小多了,但是我们并不会因此贬低他。