giraffe

英 [d??'rɑ:f] 美[d??'r?f]

CET4TEM4擴(kuò)展詞匯哺乳動(dòng)物

復(fù)數(shù):?giraffes;?giraffe;

1. 法國(guó)電影：長(zhǎng)頸鹿扎拉法(Zarafa).
2. from Arabic zarafa.

giraffe 長(zhǎng)頸鹿

來(lái)自阿拉伯語(yǔ)。

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 neck and leopard-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, and included jarraf, ziraph, and gerfauntz, some apparently directly from Arabic, the last reflecting some confusion with olifaunt "elephant."
In Arabye, tei ben clept Gerfauntz; tat is a best pomelee or spotted .. but a lityll more high tan 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. 1600 and is via French girafe (13c.). Replaced earlier camelopard, a compound of camel (for the long neck) and pard (n.1) "leopard" (for the spots).

1. The giraffe eats tender leaf from the tree highly.: 長(zhǎng)頸鹿從高高的樹(shù)上吃掉嫩樹(shù)葉子.

2. Curious to relate, the giraffe has no voice.: 說(shuō)來(lái)奇怪, 長(zhǎng)頸鹿不會(huì)出聲.

3. It makes you look like a giraffe with a goiter.: 這領(lǐng)子讓你看起來(lái)像一只脖子上長(zhǎng)瘤的長(zhǎng)頸鹿.

4. You mean you get the hyena, and I choose between the hippo and the giraffe?: 你是說(shuō)你挑了土狼剩下河馬和長(zhǎng)頸鹿給我挑?

5. If giraffe runs for too long, it might die from overheating.: 如果長(zhǎng)頸鹿跑得過(guò)遠(yuǎn), 它可能會(huì)因?yàn)檫^(guò)熱而死亡.