| 释义 |
serow|ˈsɛrəʊ|
Also saraw, sarau, surow, se(e)rou.
[Native name.]
Any of the Asiatic antelopes of the genus Nemorhædus (Capricornis), esp. N. thar (N. bubalinus), the thar.
1847Hodgson in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal XVI. ii. 697 Genus Nemorhædus. Vel Capricornis... The Thar or Saraw. 1848tr. Hoffmeister's Trav. Ceylon, etc. viii. 295 Two species of antelopes (Antilope Ghoral and A. Thar), one called ‘Ghoral’, and the other ‘Surow’. 1865Mathias Sport in Himalayas 52 Returning to camp, I came across a serow, the first that I have seen. 1900Lydekker Gt. & Small Game India 128 The Sumatran Serow (Nemorhædus sumatrensis). Ibid., It appears preferable to call them by the name by which they are commonly known in the North-West Himalaya, viz. serow, or, correctly, sarao. 1908Times 17 Aug. 11/3 A fine young serow..from Perak. |