hyena

FREQ #19606

n. 袋狼, 残酷的人, 贪婪的人

发音

US /haɪˈiːnə/

词形变化

hyenae hyenæ hyenas 复数 hyenas hyenae 复数

别名

hyaena hyæna hyen

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the family Hyaenidae, native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited.

    鬣狗

    海乙那

  2. 2.

    A man that performs ritualized sex acts with recently widowed women and menarchal girls.

    see Citations:hyena

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

hyaena

上位词 2

canine canid

下位词 6

aardwolf brown hyena laughing hyena spotted hyena strandwolf striped hyena

相关短语

hyena dog [网络] 鬣狗 hyena dogs laughing hyena na. 【动】笑NE16F [网络] 笑鬣狗 laugh like a hyena spotted hyena [网络] 斑点鬣狗；斑鬣狗；花斑鬣狗 striped hyena [动物]黑纹灰鬣狗 brown hyena [网络] 棕鬣狗；非洲棕鬣狗；褐鬣狗 cave hyena 洞鬣狗 giant hyena running hyena

词源

From Middle English hiena, variant of hyene, from Old French hiene, from Medieval Latin hyēna, from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina). Displaced native Old English nihtgenġe (literally “night walker”).

来源：wiktionary