英语单词 | gorilla |
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英美音标 | 英 [ɡə'rɪlə] 美 [ɡə'rɪlə] |
中文释义 | n.大猩猩;<口>残暴的人 |
英语例句 | (1) The gorilla had a massive forehead. (2) Gorilla is bigger than chimpanzee. (3) The mountain gorilla is on the verge of extinction. |
中文例句 | (1) 猩猩的前额很大。 (2) 大猩猩比黑猩猩大。 (3) 居住在山区的大猩猩已濒临灭绝。 |
vocabulary简明 | A gorilla is the world's largest primate — the kind of great, powerful ape you might see on an African safari. |
vocabulary扩展 | The stocky, large-headed gorilla is one of the most impressive animals you'll come across in the primate area of a zoo. Gorillas are vegetarians whose native habitat is the forest of central west Africa. The word gorilla is sometimes also used to refer to a big, aggressive man. It was first coined in the 19th century by a United States missionary to Africa, from the Greek word gorillai — the word Carthaginian explorer Hanno used to mean "wild, hairy people" in 500 B.C.E. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]大猩猩 A gorilla is a very large ape. It has long arms, black fur, and a black face. |
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