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anthropoid

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Animals
an·thro·poid /ˈænθrəpɔɪd/ adjective  HBAan anthropoid animal, such as an ape, looks like a human 〔动物〕似人的,类人的anthropoid noun [countable]
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anthropoidThe anthropoid coffin is associated almost exclusively with the burial vault.A slightly later anthropoid shell of the 1630s in the same vault displays an alternative technique.In south-east Leicestershire two anthropoid shells of local manufacture are to be found in an extensive seventeenth-century vault.Amongst them are two very small anthropoid shells, one of 1617, the other of 1618.
an·thro·poid adjectiveChineseSyllable
anthropoid like a as looks animal, such an ape, an human Corpus


anthropoid
anthropoid /ˈænθrəpɔɪd/ adjective
an anthropoid animal, such as an ape, looks like a human
—anthropoid noun [countable]


an·thro·poidBrE /ˈænθrəpɔɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈænθrəpɔɪd/ 🔊 (specialist) adjective(of an ape ) looking like a human 类人的;似人的
an·thro·poidBrE /ˈænθrəpɔɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈænθrəpɔɪd/ 🔊 (specialist) nounany type of ape that is similar to a human 类人猿