antler

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n. 鹿角

发音

UK /ˈænt.lə/
US /ˈænt.lɚ/
US /ˈænʔ.lɚ/
US /ˈænʔ.ɫɚ/

词形变化

antlers 复数 antlers

教材释义与例句

名词

鹿角，茸角；多叉鹿角

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A deciduous branching and bony structure on the head of deer (Cervidae), normally in pairs, grown and shed each year. (Compare with horn, which is generally not shed.)

    鹿角

    角

    While hiking in the woods, I found an antler from a deer.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

horn

整体词 2

deer cervid

相关短语

antler moth 翎夜蛾 antler moths deer antler knife deer antler knives deer horn knife 钺 bay antler crown antler velvet antler 鹿茸 bez antler (=bayantler)(鹿角的)第二枝, 副枝, 桠枝

词源

From Middle English auntelere, hauntelere, from Old French antoillier (“antler, horn”), from ante- (“in front of”) + oillier (oil (“eye”) + -ier (a suffix indicating location)), possibly from an unattested Latin *anteocularis (“before the eye”).

来源：wiktionary