| 释义 |
topi2|ˈtəʊpɪ|
[a. Mende.]
A glossy dark brown antelope belonging to a race of the korrigum, Damaliscus lunatus, found in the coastal region of East Africa.
1894Sclater & Thomas Bk. Antelopes I. 68 The ‘Topi’, as we propose to designate another local representative of the Korrigum, from the name given to it by the Swahili, has been known for some years. 1910R. E. Drake-Brockman Mammals Somaliland 59 The Topi Hartebeest..is purplish brown. Ibid., The Topi I have never seen in large herds. 1959A. Moorehead No Room in Ark iv. 91 The topi is a fairly mad animal.., a large brown gleaming antelope with gun-metal blazes on its legs and an air of continual stage-fright. 1976K. Thackeray Crownbird i. 9 They were now doing fifty..and overhauling the topi fast. |