| 释义 |
chinkara|ˈtʃɪŋkəra|
Also chi(c)kara.
[Hindi ćinkārā, f. Skr. chikkāra a kind of antelope.]
An Indian gazelle, Gazella gazella bennetti.
1860Chambers's Encycl. I. 287/2 The Chikara and some other Indian species are distinguished by two additional rudimentary horns in front of the ordinary horns. 1911Encycl. Sport I. 411 The Chickara, Chinkara, Ravine Deer, or Indian Gazelle (G. bennettii) [sic], is found throughout the plains of India. 1924Blackw. Mag. Aug. 242/1 Neither I nor the Kumar had yet stalked black buck or chinkara in the flaming dâk jungle. 1957Encycl. Brit. XII. 156/1 The gazelle (Gazella bennetti), the chikara, or ‘ravine deer’, of sportsmen. |