A hippopotamus is a very large, heavy, grey animal from Africa. It has a wide head, small ears, short legs, and a mouth that can open hugely.

A hippopotamus hippopotamus is是 a very large, heavy, grey animal一種非常巨大、笨重、灰色的動物 from Africa來自非洲。It牠 has a wide head有寬寬的頭, small ears小小的耳朵, short legs短短的腿, and a mouth that can open hugely還有一張可以張得很大的嘴。

It lives in and beside rivers and lakes; on a hot day you may see only the eyes and nose above the water. It eats plants, mostly at night when it comes onto the land.

It牠 lives in and beside rivers and lakes住在河流和湖泊裡，也住在旁邊; on a hot day天氣熱的時候 you may see只會看到 only the eyes and nose above the water眼睛和鼻子露出水面。It牠 eats plants吃植物, mostly at night大多在晚上 when it comes onto the land牠上岸的時候。

In easy talk people say hippo — same animal, shorter word. It looks slow and calm in the water, though actually it can move fast and it can bite; it is not a soft zoo toy in the wild.

In easy talk講得輕鬆一點的時候 people人們 say hippo會說hippo — same animal同一種動物, shorter word字比較短。It牠 looks slow and calm in the water在水裡看起來又慢又溫和, though actually不過牠其實 it can move fast可以動得很快 and it can bite也會咬人; it is not a soft zoo toy in the wild在野外牠可不是動物園裡那種溫馴的玩具。

The name comes from Greek for river horse, which is a picture in the mind, not a family fact: it is not a horse. English once said river horse, and had an old native word nicker; hippopotamus pushed those aside from the 1500s.

The name這個名字 comes from Greek for river horse來自希臘文的「河馬」, which is這只是 a picture in the mind腦中的一個畫面, not a family fact不是生物分類上的事實: it is not a horse牠並不是馬。English英文 once said river horse以前說river horse, and had an old native word nicker也有一個古老的本土字nicker; hippopotamus hippopotamus pushed those aside from the 1500s從1500年代開始把這些字都取代掉了。

The everyday plural is hippopotamuses. Some people say hippopotami; that sounds more Latin and a little proud of itself.

The everyday plural日常說法的複數 is是 hippopotamuses hippopotamuses。Some people有些人 say hippopotami會說hippopotami; that sounds more Latin聽起來比較拉丁文 and a little proud of itself也有點自命不凡。