baboon
音標[b?'bu:n] 讀音漢語翻譯
n. 狒狒
【醫】 狒狒
詞型變化:
形容詞:baboonish 名詞:baboonery英文解釋:
名詞 baboon:
- large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles
例句:
- The baboon has a dog-like face.狒狒有一張像狗一樣的臉。
- The baboon is very ugly.
詳細解釋:
ba.boon
n.(名詞)Any of several large, terrestrial African and Asian monkeys of the family Cercopithecidae, especially of the genusPapio or Chaeropithecus and related genera, characterized by an elongated, doglike muzzle, a short tail, and bare calluses on the buttocks. 狒狒:一種獼猴科的大型、陸生的非洲和亞洲的猴子,尤指狒狒屬 或 Chaeropithecus 及相關的種屬,其特徵為有一長的象狗一樣的口鼻和短尾,臀部有一裸露的胼胝 Slang A brutish person; a boor.【俚語】 粗野的人;鄉下佬
來源:Middle English babewin 中古英文 babewin from Old French babuin [gaping figure, gargoyle, baboon] 源自 古法文 babuin [嘴裂,面目古怪的人,狒狒] perhaps blend of Old French babine [muzzle,] 可能混合了 古法文 babine [口鼻] babau [grimace] babau [鬼臉,怪相]
【引伸】
baboon.ery
n.(名詞)baboon.ish
adj.(形容詞)
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