[N-COUNT 可数名词]豹 A leopard is a type of large, wild cat. Leopards have yellow fur and black spots, and live in Africa and Asia.
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[PHRASE 短语]本性难移;陋习难改 If you say that a leopard cannot change its spots, you mean that people or things are not able to change their basic characteristics, especially when you are critical of those characteristics.
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This only goes to show how this racist leopard has in no way changed his spots.
这恰恰说明了这个种族主义分子的本性从未改变过。
Oxford
leop·ard/ˈlepəd; NAmEˈlepərd/nouna large animal of the cat family, that has yellowish-brown fur with black spots. Leopardslive in Africa and southern Asia. 豹☞compare
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IDIOMa leopard cannot change its ˈspots( saying) people cannot change their character, especially if they have a bad character 本性难改;禀性难移leopardleopardsleop·ard/ˈlepəd; NAmEˈlepərd/
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leopardleop‧ard /ˈlepəd $ -ərd/ noun [countable]
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1leopard (1)a large animal of the cat family, with yellow fur and black spots, which lives in Africa and South Asia2a leopard can’t change its spots used to say that people cannot change their character
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