camel: [OE] Naturally enough, camel is of Semitic origin: Hebrew has gāmāl, for example, and Arabic jamal. It was a relative of these that was the source of Greek kámēlos, which passed via Latin camēlus into English as early as the mid 10th century. (It replaced a previous Old English olfend, a word – shared by other early Germanic languages – apparently based on the misconception that a camel was an elephant.)
camel (n.)
Old English camel, perhaps via Old North French camel (Old French chamel, Modern French chameau), from Latin camelus, from Greek kamelos, from Hebrew or Phoenician gamal, perhaps related to Arabic jamala "to bear."
Another Old English word for the beast was olfend, apparently based on confusion of camels with elephants in a place and time when both were known only from travelers' vague descriptions. The Arabian have one hump (the lighter variety is the dromedary); the Bactrian have two.
雙語例句
1. The camel's feet, well adapted for dry sand, are useless on mud.
駱駝的蹄子雖然非常適合于在干沙上行走，碰到泥濘時卻無計可施。
來自柯林斯例句
2. A camel can bear burden.
駱駝能馱重.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. The camel has a game leg.
那只駱駝有一只腿瘸.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.
小事拘謹,大事糊涂.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. When fresh food and water are not available, the camel can feed off its hump.