cougar

FREQ #16517

n. 美洲狮

发音

UK /ˈkuːɡə/
AU
US /ˈkuɡɚ/
US /ˈkʰuɡɚ/

词形变化

cougars 复数 cougars

别名

couguar

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A wild feline, of species Puma concolor, native to the Americas.

    美洲狮

  2. 2.

    An older woman who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger men, by implication a female “sexual predator”.

    加拿大 美国 贬义 俚语

    A cougar approached Warren at the Palomino Club and asked for a dance.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

painter panther puma catamount mountain lion

上位词 1

wildcat

词源

From French couguar, from Portuguese cuguardo, a deformation of Brazilian Portuguese suçuarana (earlier çuçuarana), from Old Tupi sûasuarana.

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