🇬🇧🇨🇳 herbivore - 食草动物 : English Lesson

Meaning of "herbivore" ("食草动物"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A herbivore is an animal that eats only plants, like grass, leaves, fruits, and vegetables. It does not eat other animals or meat. Cows, rabbits, and deer are herbivores because they munch on plants all day to get their energy.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The cow said, "I’m a proud herbivore," then tried to eat the teacher’s potted plant as proof.

The rabbit declared, "I’m a herbivore," and opened a salad restaurant just for forest animals.

The goat claimed to be a herbivore and then tried to eat my homework, my shoelaces, and the welcome mat.

Our teacher said a horse is a herbivore, which explains why it tried to eat her green hat.

Many dinosaurs, like Triceratops and Brachiosaurus, were huge herbivores that ate so many plants they were basically walking lawnmowers.

A child crouches beside a small deer. The deer is a herbivore, a gentle herbivore that nibbles green leaves. Someone offers a sausage; the herbivore sniffs and walks away, then returns to clover. "Good herbivore," the child whispers, and the herbivore settles, chewing, calm and happy, while the sun warms them.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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