rhinoceros
英 [ra?'n?s(?)r?s]
美 [ra?'nɑs?r?s]
助記提示
1. rhinos "nose" => -nos => nose.
2. rhi- (前綴，無實義) + -nos (nose => -nos) => rhinos "nose".
中文詞源
rhinoceros 犀牛rhin,鼻子，-cer,角，詞源同 horn.因這種動物鼻子如角而得名。
英文詞源
- rhinoceros
- rhinoceros: [13] Rhinoceros means literally ‘nose-horn’. The term was coined in Greek from rhīno-, the stem form of rhīs ‘nose’, and kéras ‘horn’ (a distant relative of English horn). Greek rhīnókerōs reached English via Latin rhīnocerōs. The abbreviated form rhino is first recorded in the 1880s.
=> antirrhinum, horn, keratin - rhinoceros (n.)
- c. 1300, from Latin rhinoceros, from Greek rhinokeros, literally "nose-horned," from rhinos "nose" (a word of unknown origin) + keras "horn" (see kerato-). Related: Rhinocerotic.
What is the plural of rhinoceros? ... Well, Liddell and Scott seem to authorize 'rhinocerotes,' which is pedantic, but 'rhinoceroses' is not euphonious. [Sir Charles Eliot, "The East Africa Protectorate," 1905]
雙語例句
- 1. Carruthers had been gored by a rhinoceros.
- 卡拉瑟斯被犀牛頂傷了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A rhinoceros lumbered towards them.
- 一頭犀牛笨重地向他們走來.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Prehistoric in appearance, the rhinoceros is indeed an ancient species.
- 在外觀上象史前動物的印度犀牛確實是一個古老的種.
來自辭典例句
- 4. The game wardens tranquillized the rhinoceros with a drugged dart.
- 獵物保護區管理員用麻醉射器讓犀牛靜了下來.
來自辭典例句
- 5. He called me a rhinoceros three years ago.
- 三年前他罵我犀牛.
來自辭典例句