| 释义 |
gaur|gaʊə(r)|
Also gour, gore.
[a. Hindustani gaur.]
A large species of ox, Bos gaurus, found wild in various parts of India.
1806Elphinstone in Colebrooke Life (1884) I. 156 There is an account of a similar kind called the Gore; one distinction between it and the buffalo is the length of the hoofs. 1827D. Johnson Ind. Field Sports 49, I have met with an account of Gayals..which appear..to be animals of the same species as the Gour. 1860Gosse Rom. Nat. Hist. 119, I need only advert to other colossal quadrupeds..the camel, the gaur, the gayall. 1893R. Lydekker Horns & Hoofs 15 The gaur (Bos gaurus) the misnamed bison of Indian sportsmen. |