“河马”英语怎么说

　　摘要：一名中国游客在肯尼亚著名旅游景点纳瓦沙湖附近遭河马袭击身亡，据悉河马是误入了这名游客所在的酒店区域。你知道怎么用英语表达吗?

　　A Chinese tourist was attacked and killed by a hippopotamus that strayed from Lake Naivasha into the compound of a hotel where she was staying.

　　The woman in her 30's was attacked by the lactating hippo mother which crushed her and she died on the way to hospital.

　　The incident occurred at Lake Naivasha Country Club five kilometres from Naivasha town.

　　Kenya Wildlife Service officers moved in and shot dead the wild animal.

　　The tourist was allegedly trying to take pictures of a young hippo when the mother attacked her.

　　一名中国游客在肯尼亚著名旅游景点纳瓦沙湖附近遭河马袭击身亡，据悉河马是误入了这名游客所在的酒店区域。

　　这名年约30岁的女士遭到哺乳期的母河马踩踏袭击，在被送往医院的途中身亡。

　　事故发生在离纳瓦沙镇5公里远的纳瓦沙湖乡村俱乐部。

　　肯尼亚野生动物机构的工作人员采取行动，射杀了这只母河马。

　　据称当时这只女游客是想给一只小河马拍照，结果遭到了母河马的袭击。

　　【讲解】

　　“河马”的英文是hippopotamus，读作/hɪpə'pɑːtəməs/，其复数形式为hippopotamuses或hippopotami。hippo是非正式表达，river horse 也指河马。河马是淡水物种(freshwater species)中的最大型杂食性(omnivorous)哺乳类动物(mammal)，主要居住在非洲热带的(tropical Africa)河流间。相关词汇：食草的(herbivorous) ，食肉的(carnivorous)，lactate(分泌乳汁)，lactating(哺乳期的)。