giraffe

英 [d??'rɑ:f] 美[d??'r?f]

CET4TEM4擴展詞匯哺乳動物

復數(shù):?giraffes;?giraffe;

1. 法國電影：長頸鹿扎拉法(Zarafa).
2. from Arabic zarafa.

giraffe 長頸鹿

來自阿拉伯語。

giraffe: giraffe: [17] The 16th-century name for the ‘giraffe’ was camelopard, a compound of camel and leopard appropriate enough in view of the animal’s long neck and leopard-like spots, but in the 17th century a rival term came on the scene – giraffe. This was borrowed from either French girafe or Italian giraffa, both of which go back to Arabic zirāfah, a word probably of African origin.
giraffe (n.): long-necked ruminant animal of Africa, 1590s, giraffa, from Italian giraffa, from Arabic zarafa, probably from an African language. Earlier Middle English spellings varied wildly, depending on the foreign source, and included jarraf, ziraph, and gerfauntz, some apparently directly from Arabic, the last reflecting some confusion with olifaunt "elephant."
In Arabye, tei ben clept Gerfauntz; tat is a best pomelee or spotted .. but a lityll more high tan is a stede, But he hath the necke a xxti cubytes long. [Mandeville's Travels, c. 1425]
The modern form of the English word is attested by c. 1600 and is via French girafe (13c.). Replaced earlier camelopard, a compound of camel (for the long neck) and pard (n.1) "leopard" (for the spots).

3. It makes you look like a giraffe with a goiter.: 這領(lǐng)子讓你看起來像一只脖子上長瘤的長頸鹿.

4. You mean you get the hyena, and I choose between the hippo and the giraffe?: 你是說你挑了土狼剩下河馬和長頸鹿給我挑?

5. If giraffe runs for too long, it might die from overheating.: 如果長頸鹿跑得過遠, 它可能會因為過熱而死亡.