| 单词 | cougar |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [cougar] |
| 解释 | n.美洲豹 |
| 红宝书 | 【记】 cougar也被叫做puma, panther |
| 字源 | cougar (n.) 1774, from French couguar, Buffon's adaption (influenced by jaguar) of a word the Portuguese picked up in Brazil as çuçuarana, perhaps from Tupi susuarana, from suasu "deer" + rana "false." Another proposed source is Guarani guaçu ara. Evidently the cedillas dropped off the word before Buffon got it. Slang sense of "older woman (35-plus) who seeks younger males as sex partners" is attested by 2002; said in some sources to have originated in Canada, probably from some reference to predatory feline nature. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 美洲狮(一种黄褐色无斑纹的勇猛的野生猫科动物) = puma = panther 【记】读: 哭歌, 当你一边唱歌, 一边游览西半球山区美丽的风景时, 突然发现了一只cougar, 这时你就只能哭着唱歌了. 读: cool哥－美洲狮 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】音：酷哥 【相关】puma 美洲狮，panther 豹 |
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