PORTUGUESE, n.pl. A species of geese indigenous to Portugal. They are mostly without feathers and imperfectly edible, even when stuffed with garlic.
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species ['spiʃiz] 词频3 词根: 物种
n. 物种;种类;类型;[逻辑] 个体;
💡 spec(see)+ies(名词后缀)→种类
"The book described the adaptation of desert species to the hot conditions."
这本书描绘了沙漠物种对炎热环境的适应.
近义：race, pedigree, breed, blood, kind
indigenous [ɪn'dɪdʒənəs] 词根: 出生
adj. 土生土长的;生来的，固有的;本地的;根生土长;
💡 indi内部+gen出生，产生+ous形容词后缀→内部产生→土产的
"Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition."
每个国家都有其自身的文化传统.
近义：native, autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, primal, primeval 反义：newfangled, outlandish, overseas, strange, alien, exotic
mostly ['mostli] 词频2
adv. 大部分，多半;主要地;基本上;通常;
"The students of Umtata High School were mostly Protestant."
乌姆塔塔中学的学生大多数是新教徒.
近义：largely, mainly, principally, usually, chiefly, commonly
edible ['edibl] 词频5
adj. 可以吃的，可食用的; n. 食物;
💡 能(ible)吃ed(=eat)的即 可食用的
"The food at the hotel was barely edible."
这家旅馆的食物简直不能入口。
近义：nourishing, nutritional, nutritious, nutritive, cibarian, comestible 反义：uneatable, unpalatable
geese [gi:s] 词频2
goose的复数形式;
"All his geese are swans."
他总是言过其实.
imperfectly
adv. 不完全地, 有缺点地, 不完备地
近义：lamely, defectively, faultily 反义：ideally, optimally, pretty, quite, very, completely

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