bison

英 [\"baɪs(ə)n] 美 [\"baɪsn]

• 翻译

  n. 北美野牛；欧洲野牛

  n. (Bison)人名；(法、德)比松

英 [\"baɪs(ə)n]||||||美 [\"baɪsn]

B

n. 北美野牛；欧洲野牛

n. (Bison)人名；(法、德)比松

bison 野牛

来自PIE *weis, 流，散发臭味，词源同virus, 病毒。指野牛身上流出的腥味。字母r,s音变。

bison

bison:

[14]

Bison

appears to be of Germanic origin, from a stem *

wisand

-o,r*

wisund

-. This became Old English

wesand

, which did not survive;a,n,dit was acquired again in the 19th century as

wisent

, borrowed from German

wisent

, applied to the ‘aurochs’, an extinct species of European wild ox. The

b

- form came into English via Latin

bison

, a borrowing from the Germanic. Originally of course referring to the European bison, the term was first applied to the North American species at the end of the 17th century.

bison (n.)

c. 1600, from French

bison

(15c.), from Latin

bison

\\\\\\\"wild ox,\\\\\\\" borrowed from Proto-Germanic

*wisand-

\\\\\\\"aurochs\\\\\\\" (cognates: Old Norse

visundr

, Old High German

wisunt

\\\\\\\"bison,\\\\\\\" Old English/Middle English

wesend

, which is not attested after c. 1400). Possibly ultimately of Baltico,rSlavic origin,a,n,dmeaning \\\\\\\"the stinking animal,\\\\\\\" in reference to its scent while rutting (see weasel). A European wild ox formerly widespread on the continent, including the British Isles, now surviving on forest reserves in Lithuania. Applied 1690s to the North American species commonly mis-called a buffalo.

1. a herd of

bison

一群野牛

来自《权威词典》

2. In the year 1700, about 60 million

bison

wandered freely in North America.

在1700年约有6000万头野牛在北美无拘无束地活动.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Large herds of

bison

used to live on the plains of North America.

大群的野牛过去曾生活在北美大草原上.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Reindeer receded northwarda,n,deastward,a,n,d

bison

a,n,dhorse followed.

驯鹿向北方和东方撤退, 野牛和马也随之而去.

来自英汉非文学 - 历史

5. Herds of

bison

live in the park.

公园内住有成群的野牛。

来自辞典例句