reindeer

大学 FREQ #9419

n. 驯鹿

发音

UK /ˈɹeɪndɪə/
US /ˈɹeɪndɪɹ/

词形变化

reindeers 复数 reindeering reindeers 三单 reindeering 现在分词 reindeered 过去式 reindeered 过去分词

别名

raindeer

教材释义与例句

名词

驯鹿

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, with a number of subspecies.

    驯鹿

    Santa Claus' sleigh is supposedly pulled by nine reindeer

  2. 2.

    Any species, subspecies, ecotype, or other scientific grouping of such animals.

    生物
v.
  1. 1.

    To herd or farm reindeer

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

caribou

上位词 2

deer cervid

下位词 1

barren-ground caribou

相关短语

reindeer moss [植物]石蕊 (Cladonia rangiferina)[亦作reindeer lichen] reindeer games reindeer mosses Reindeer Lake 伦迪尔湖(加拿大中部湖泊) reindeer corn reindeer spitz reindeer spitzes Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 红鼻子驯鹿鲁道夫 Finnish forest reindeer mountain reindeer Svalbard reindeer Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer cow reindeer

词源

From Middle English reyndere, reynder, rayne-dere, from Old Norse hreindýri (“reindeer”), from hreinn (“reindeer”) + dýr (“animal”). Compare Dutch rendier (“reindeer”), German Rentier (“reindeer”), Swedish rendjur (“reindeer”), Danish rensdyr (“reindeer”) and French renne (“reindeer”). Related also to displaced Old English hrān (“reindeer”). Unrelated to rein.

来源：wiktionary