moose
英 [muːs]
美 [mus]
- n. [脊椎] 驼鹿；麋
- [ 复数 moose ]
moose 驼鹿来自北美印第安土著语，可能来自moosu,剥树皮，因这种鹿剥树皮作为食物而得名。
- moose
- moose: [17] The moose’s name is a native American word. It comes from Natick moos, which has been linked by some with Narragansett moosu ‘he strips’, an allusion to the moose’s habit of stripping the bark from trees.
- moose (n.)
- 1610s, from an Algonquian language, probably Narragansett moos or Abenaki moz (compare Penobscot muns, Ojibwa mooz, Unami Delaware /mo:s/), said by early sources to be from moosu "he strips off," in reference to the animals' stripping bark for food.
- 1. He set off for a nineteen-day moose hunt in Nova Scotia.
- 他动身前往新斯科舍参加为时19天的驼鹿捕猎活动。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. It's a great honor to be introduced by Ambassador Moose.
- 由穆斯(Moose)大使将我介绍给大家,令我深感荣幸.
来自互联网
- 3. There was a moose head on the wall. Some wag had put a cigarette in its mouth.
- 墙上挂着一个驼鹿头。某个爱搞笑的人在它的嘴里放了一支香烟。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. But he did linger, debating, over a squat moose - hide sack.
- 不过,他仍然踌躇了一下, 在那儿一个劲地盘算, 这次是为了一个厚实的鹿皮口袋.
来自英汉文学 - 热爱生命
- 5. He paused to gaze at the squat moose - hide sack.
- 可是,卷了一会,他又停下手,盯着那个鹿皮口袋.
来自英汉文学 - 热爱生命
