brachiate

• 古旧形容词，意为有手臂或有分枝的；在生物学中也用来描述通过臂跃（双臂交替抓握树枝摆动前进）在树枝间移动的动物。

An obsolete adjective meaning having arms or branches; also used in biology to describe organisms that move by swinging from branch to branch (brachiation).

1. Having widely spreading paired branchesC2formal

   Describes a plant or tree that has branches arranged in pairs that spread out widely.

   宽展对生枝的

   • The brachiate oak dominated the forest clearing.
   • Botanists studied the brachiate structure of the ancient tree.
   • The garden featured a brachiate shrub with symmetrical limbs.

2. Having arms or armlike appendagesC2formal

   Describes an organism that possesses arms or structures resembling arms.

   有臂的

   • The brachiate starfish extended its limbs across the rock.
   • Certain brachiate fossils show evidence of long, armlike extensions.
   • The creature was described as brachiate due to its multiple grasping appendages.

   同义词armed

• 动词，指像某些灵长类动物那样用手臂交替抓握、从一根树枝荡到另一根树枝来移动。

A verb used to describe the act of moving by swinging from one handhold to another, as certain primates do.

1. Swing from one hold to the nextC2formal

   To move by swinging from one armhold to another, as certain primates do.

   臂行

   • Gibbons brachiate through the forest canopy with remarkable speed.
   • The monkey brachiated from branch to branch effortlessly.
   • Some primates are specially adapted to brachiate for long distances.