zebra
n. 斑马
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教材释义与例句
[脊椎] 斑马
an animal that looks like a horse but has black and white lines all over its body
斑马
The neck of the zebra was nipped by a lion.
狮子咬断了那头斑马的脖子。
But what if your horse suddenly grows zebra stripes?
可是如果那匹马突然长出了斑马的条纹呢？
Sixty acres of woods and ponds are home to camels, zebra, bison, water buffalo, ostrich and antelope.
六十英亩的森林和池塘是骆驼，斑马，野牛，水牛，鸵鸟和羚羊的家园。
释义与例句
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Any of three species of subgenus Hippotigris: Equus grevyi, Equus quagga, or Equus zebra, all with black and white stripes and native to Africa.
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A referee.
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An unlikely diagnosis, especially for symptoms probably caused by a common ailment.
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Someone who has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome or hypermobility spectrum disorder
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A biracial person, specifically one born to a Sub-Saharan African person and a white person.
斑马
福禄
花条马
花斑马
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A zebra cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata).
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Any of various papilionid butterflies of the subgenus Paranticopsis of the genus Graphium, having black and white markings.
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A zebra crossing.
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A fairy chess piece that is moved three squares in one direction and two at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.
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First attested in 1600. Borrowed from Italian zebra, from Portuguese zebra, zebro (“zebra”), from Old Galician-Portuguese enzebro, ezebra, azebra (“wild ass”), from earlier cebrario (882), ezebrario (897), from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”) (Pliny), from equus (“horse”) + ferus (“wild”). While the word was traditionally pronounced with a long vowel in the first syllable in standard English, during the twentieth century a vowel shift occurred in regions of England, with the shortening of the first vowel. This pronunciation is now used throughout the UK and most Commonwealth nations. The long-vowel pronunciation remains standard in Canadian and American English and is used in the UK only by some older, conservative RP speakers. (unlikely diagnosis): Originates in the advice often given to medical students, "when you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras". (referee): In reference to the black and white striped shirts they wear.
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