| 释义 |
nyala|ˈnjɑːlə|
[Native name in Tsonga and Venda languages.]
A large, gregarious antelope, Tragelaphus angasi, or the closely related species, T. buxtoni, occurring in parts of southern Africa; the male is greyish-brown with several white stripes and spiral, black horns, the female is reddish-brown and hornless; = inyala. Also attrib.
1899[see harnessed ppl. a. 4]. 1915Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 702/1 The horns of this antelope..approximate more to those of the nyala, one of the largest of the bushbucks. 1931Discovery Feb. 61/1 It [sc. the nyala] is one of the few forest-frequenting antelopes, and there cannot be many hundreds left in the jungles of Zululand and Southern Nyasaland. 1947J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xv. 109 Along the Pafuri River in the nyala bush they have become accustomed to motor traffic. 1964Punch 2 Sept. 359/3 Shooting a nyala. 1975Country Life 20 Feb. 444/3 A visit to..these [South African] reserves is always rewarded with views of zebra, nyala, impala, duiker, waterbuck. |