| 释义 |
▪ I. skeen|skiːn|
Also skin, skyn. β. sakeen, sakin.
[ad. Tibetan skyin.]
The Himalayan ibex (Capra himalayana).
α1825J. D. Herbert in Asiatic Researches XV. 397 A curious animal, which had been killed in hunting and which these people called Skin. 1842G. T. Vigne Trav. Kashmir II. 385 Several Skyn or Ibex had been seen. 1867A. L. Adams Wand. Naturalist India 233 The ibex (Capra himalayana)..is known to the natives by the names ‘skeen’ and ‘kail’.
β1836Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal V. 242 Capra Ibex? called Sakeen in Kanáwar. 1852Gray Catal. Specim. Mammalia Brit. Mus. iii. 150 Capra Himalayana. The Sakeen or Skyn.
▪ II. skeen
see scheme n.2, skene1. |