carabao

n. 水牛

发音

其它 /kæɹəˈbeɪəʊ/

词形变化

carabaos 复数 carabaos

别名

carabaw

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A domesticated subspecies of water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis carabanesis.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

water buffalo

相关短语

carabao English

词源

Borrowed from Spanish carabao, from Waray-Waray karabaw, from Malay kerbau, from Proto-Malayic *kAr(ə)baw, ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh (“buffalo”). Compare Khmer ក្របី (krɑɑbəy), Halang kơpùa, Indonesian kerbau, Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ (kebo), Thai กระบือ (grà-bʉʉ).

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