Giraffe
[dʒə'rɑ:f] or [dʒə'ræf]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa.
哈利整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) An African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; the camelopard. It is the tallest of animals, being sometimes twenty feet from the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its fore legs are much longer than its hind legs.
編輯:玛杰里
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Camelopard.
恩里科整理
解釋/意思:
n. the camelopard an African quadruped with remarkably long neck and legs.
芭比整理
娱乐性解釋/意思：
The champion rubber-neck of the world, and the longest thirst on record.
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例句/造句/用法:
- American deposits in the Miocene display a great variety of camels, giraffe camels with long necks, gazelle camels, llamas, and true camels. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Baker remarks, that no animal is more difficult to stalk than the giraffe. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- With the giraffe, the continued preservation of the individuals of some extinct high-reaching ruminant, which had the longest necks, legs, etc. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Like the others, it was high enough for a family of giraffes to live in, and was very handsome and clean and bright-colored within. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The air was dark with Davises, and many Joneses gamboled like a flock of young giraffes. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
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