ruminant
ruminant 英 [ˈru:mɪnənt] 美 [ˈrumənənt]
adj. 反刍的；沉思的 n. 反刍动物
名词复数:ruminants
- Use the word ruminant for any cud-chewing animal, like a cow or a camel.
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- adj. 反刍的；沉思的
- n. 反刍动物
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1. Food chemists probably can improve upon the efficiency and economics of the ruminant’s conversion of cellulose to nutrients.
反刍动物将纤维素转化为营养素的效率和经济性有可能经过食品化学家来改进。
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2. These contain a toxin called gossypol that protects the crops from insects and pathogens and can only be digested by ruminant animals such as cattle.
棉籽含有一种称作棉酚的毒素，它可以保护棉不受病虫害的侵袭，只有诸如牛这类的反刍动物才能食用它。
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3. Methane accounts for the bulk of ruminant green house gas emissions one tonne of the gas has 25 times the global warming potential of the equivalent amount of carbon dioxide.
反刍动物排放的气体中最主要的是甲烷，据统计同样一公吨二氧化氮和甲烷，甲烷促使气候变暖的潜力要比二氧化碳大25倍。
- ruminant (n.) 1660s, from Latin ruminantem (nominative ruminans), present participle of ruminare "to chew the cud" (see ruminate). As an adjective from 1670s.
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