elk

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n. 麋鹿

发音

US /ɛlk/

词形变化

elks 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).

    Any of the subspecies of the moose (Alces alces, the largest member of the deer family, alternatively named Eurasian elk to avoid confusion with the wapiti), that occurs only in Europe and Asia.

  2. 2.

    Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).

    Common wapiti (Cervus canadensis), the second largest member of the deer family, once thought to be a subspecies of red deer.

    加拿大 美国
  3. 3.

    Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).

    Sambar (Cervus unicolor).

    印度
  4. 1.

    Obsolete form of elke (common swan (Cygnus cygnus, syn. Cygnus ferus)).

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

moose wapiti red deer

上位词 2

deer cervid

下位词 4

hart stag hind brocket

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English elk, from Old English eolc, eolh (“elk”), from Proto-West Germanic *elh, from Proto-Germanic *elhaz, *algiz (“elk”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱis, *h₁ólḱis, variant of *h₁elh₁én, from *h₁el- (“deer”). See also Low German Elk, German Elch, Danish elg, Norwegian elg, Swedish älg; also Polish łoś, Russian лось (losʹ), Vedic Sanskrit ऋश्य (ṛ́śya, “antelope”); also German Elen, Tocharian A yäl, Tocharian B ylem (“gazelle”), Lithuanian élnis (“stag”), Armenian եղնիկ (eġnik, “doe, hind”). Doublet of Elhaz.

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