giraffe

英 [dʒə\"rɑ:f] 美 [dʒə\"ræf]

• 翻译

  n. [脊椎] 长颈鹿

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n. [脊椎] 长颈鹿

giraffe 长颈鹿

来自阿拉伯语。

giraffe

giraffe:

[17] The 16th-century name for the ‘giraffe’ was

camelopard

, a compound of

camel

and

leopard

appropriate enough in view of the animal’s long necka,n,dleopard-like spots, but in the 17th century a rival term came on the scene –

giraffe

. This was borrowed from either French

girafe

or Italian

giraffa

, both of which go back to Arabic

zirāfah

, a word probably of African origin.

giraffe (n.)

long-necked ruminant animal of Africa, 1590s,

giraffa

, from Italian

giraffa

, from Arabic

zarafa

, probably from an African language. Earlier Middle English spellings varied wildly, depending on the foreign source,a,n,dincluded

jarraf

,

ziraph

,a,n,d

gerfauntz

, some apparently directly from Arabic, the last reflecting some confusion with

olifaunt

\\\\\\\"elephant.\\\\\\\"

In Arabye, þei ben clept Gerfauntz; þat is a best pomeleeo,rspotted .. but a lityll more high þan is a stede, But he hath the necke a xxti cubytes long. [Mandeville\\\\\\\"s Travels, c. 1425]

The modern form of the English word is attested by c. 1600a,n,dis via French

girafe

(13c.). Replaced earlier

camelopard

, a compound of camel (for the long neck)a,n,dpard (n.1) \\\\\\\"leopard\\\\\\\" (for the spots).

1. The

giraffe

eats tender leaf from the tree highly.

长颈鹿从高高的树上吃掉嫩树叶子.

来自辞典例句

2. Curious to relate, the

giraffe

has no voice.

说来奇怪, 长颈鹿不会出声.

来自辞典例句

3. It makes you look like a

giraffe

with a goiter.

这领子让你看起来像一只脖子上长瘤的长颈鹿.

来自电影对白

4. You mean you get the hyena,a,n,dI choose between the hippoa,n,dthe

giraffe

?

你是说你挑了土狼剩下河马和长颈鹿给我挑?

来自电影对白

5. If

giraffe

runs for too long, it might die from overheating.

如果长颈鹿跑得过远, 它可能会因为过热而死亡.

来自互联网

1. 法国电影：长颈鹿扎拉法(Zarafa).
2. from Arabic zarafa.