giraffe

B1 初中 FREQ #13464

n. 长颈鹿, 鹿豹座

发音

UK /dʒɪˈɹɑːf/
其它 /dʒɪˈɹaf/
SCOT /dʒɪˈɹaf/
US /d͡ʒəˈɹæf/

词形变化

giraffes 复数 giraffes

教材释义与例句

名词

长颈鹿

a tall African animal with a very long neck and legs and dark spots on its yellow-brown fur

Can I get the mommy giraffe for Christmas?

我在圣诞节能得到一个长颈鹿妈妈吗？

If so, find you a giraffe of some sort and put it out in the fall.

如果是这样的话，拿出你的长颈鹿并把它在秋天里展示出来。

释义与例句

n. B1
  1. 1.

    A ruminant, of the genus Giraffa, of the African savannah with long legs and highly elongated neck, making them the tallest living animal; yellow fur patterned with dark spots, often in the form of a network; and two or more short, skin-covered horns, so-called; strictly speaking the horn-like projections are ossicones.

    长颈鹿

    长颔鹿

    长头鹿仔

    麒麟鹿

  2. 2.

    A giraffe unicycle.

  3. 3.

    A laugh.

    俚语

    Are you having a giraffe?!

  4. 4.

    A very tall individual.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

camelopard

上位词 1

ruminant

下位词 1

okapi

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词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-h₂der.? Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.? Classical Persian زُرْنَا (zurnā) Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓds Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts Proto-Iranian *pā́dah Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d) Classical Persian پَا (pā) Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor. Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐ (zārīp̄ā)bor. Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor. Italian giraffabor. Middle French giraffebor. English giraffe Borrowed from Middle French giraffe, from Italian giraffa. Displaced camelopard.

来源：wiktionary