“母黑猩猩”是chimp mother还是mother chimp
2024-11-17 11:28:20 学考宝 作者：佚名
问题描述
如果要表示“母黑猩猩”，英语是用 chimp mother 还是用 mother chimp?
若可用两者，它们的区别是什么？
老师答疑
王老师：
我觉得这两种说法，没有多大区别，都是黑猩猩妈妈的意思。只是强调的侧重点有所不同：
1. a mother chimp，强调 chimp，可以理解为当妈妈的黑猩猩，不是母黑猩猩的意思 （母黑猩猩是female chimp)。
2. a chimp mother, 强调mother的特性，可以理解为黑猩猩妈妈。
在英语中，当mother指动物时，字典的解释是 A female parent of an animal，being a mother. (例：a mother bird.) 没有产子的雌性动物，应该用female + 动物名称。
请看国外英语媒体的例句：
(1) At a zoo, a sick mother chimpanzee died, leaving her baby behind as an orphan.
(2) Chimpanzee mothers at Bossou, Guinea carry the mummified remains of their dead infants.
(3) Female chimpanzees hunt with spears while lazy males wait to steal glory - sound familiar?
其他一些动物也有相似用法:
(4) Elephant mothers have a very important role as the matriarchs of their social networks, such as leading the herd to safe areas that have plentiful food and water.
(5) Typically, mother elephants and their daughters remain together in a matriarch-led herd from birth until they are separated by death.
(6) As far as scientists can tell, a female elephant needs to come into heat a second time three weeks later,
沅老师：
mother chimp与chimp mother的区别是：
mother chimp 指“母黑猩猩”侧重性别，与“公黑猩猩”相对；chimp mother 指做母亲的黑猩猩，侧重做母亲的身份。
陈老师：
mother chimp与chimp mother的区别是：
回答如下
mother chimp means a female chimp or means a chimp that is female.
chimp mother means a chimp which is a mother of another young chimp
