hyena
英 [haɪˈiː.nə]
美 [haɪˈiː.nə]
将“hyena”记忆为“Hye(荷兰猪的叫声)+ ana(模仿)”,想象一只荷兰猪模仿出像海獭一样的叫声,这个奇怪的组合可以帮你记住单词“hyena”这个物种。
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hyena 鬣狗来自希腊语hyaina,猪,来自hys,猪,词源同swine,sow,-ena,表阴性或形容词后缀。后用于指鬣狗,因形似野猪而得名。
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hyena: see sow
- hyena (n.)
- mid-14c., from Old French hiene, from Latin hyaena, from Greek hyaina "swine" (fem.), from hys "pig" + fem. suffix -aina. So called for its bristles. Applied to cruel, treacherous, and greedy persons since at least 1670s. Adjectival forms that have been attempted in English include hyenaish, hyenaesque, hyenic, hyenine.
- 1. African hyena noted for its distinctive howl.
- 非洲鬣狗,以其特别的嚎叫而闻名.
- 2. The savanna is also the home of meat - eaters — the lion, leopard, and hyena who feed on the grasseaters.
- 大草原也是食肉动物的家乡--狮子 、 豹 、 鬣狗--它们都是以草食动物维持生命的.
- 3. The hyena's public image is not aided by its ridiculous appearance.
- 鬣狗滑稽的外表无助于改善它在公众心中的形象.
- 4. Yet, in spite of its awkward, slouching gait, the hyena can run surprisingly quickly.
- 鬣狗的步履笨拙, 懒散, 然而跑起来速度惊人.
- 5. They tell you why l was called The Hyena?
- 他们告诉你了为什么我被叫做鬣狗 吗 ?