cheetah

大学 FREQ #13789

n. 猎豹

发音

其它 /ˈt͡ʃiːtə/

词形变化

cheetahs 复数 cheetahs

别名

chetah cheeta

教材释义与例句

名词

猎豹

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus) of the cat family, slightly smaller than the leopard, but with proportionately longer limbs and a smaller head; native to Africa and southeast Asia (where it is nearly extinct) and also credited with being the fastest terrestrial animal.

    猎豹

    生物 动物学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

chetah

上位词 2

cat big cat

相关短语

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词源

Borrowed from Hindi चीता (cītā, “leopard, panther”), ultimately from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “multicolored, speckled”) (akin to Old High German haitar (“bright”) > German heiter; Old Norse heiðr (“bright”)) + Sanskrit काय (kāya, “body”), thus “having a spotted body”.

来源：wiktionary