gorillan.

Brit.

/ɡəˈrɪlə/, U.S.

/ɡəˈrɪlə/

Etymology: An alleged African name for a wild or hairy man (strictly for the female only), preserved (in accusative plural γορίλλας) in the Greek account of the voyage undertaken by the Carthaginian Hanno in the 5th or 6th cent. b.c.; hence adopted in 1847 as the specific name of the ape Troglodytes gorilla, first described by Dr. T. S. Savage, an American missionary in Western Africa.

a. The largest of anthropoid apes, a native of western equatorial Africa; it closely resembles man in its structure, is very powerful and ferocious, and arboreal in its habits.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > member of superfamily Hominoidea (apes and humans) > family Pongidae (ape) > genus Gorilla (gorilla)

pongo1625

troglodyte1774

gorilla1853

gorilloid1946

silverback1964

1799 Naval Chron. 1 451 Another island full of savage people..whose bodies were hairy, and whom our interpreters called Gorillæ.

1847 P. Savage in Jrnl. Boston Nat. Hist. Soc. (title) A description of the external characters and habits of Troglodytes Gorilla.]

1853 R. Owen in Trans. Zool. Soc. (title) Description of Cranium of an adult male gorilla.

1861 P. B. Du Chaillu Explor. Equatorial Afr. i. 1 The fierce untameable gorilla, which approaches nearest, in physical conformation and in certain habits, to man.

1874 J. Lubbock Orig. & Metamorphoses Insects i. 6 The chimpanzee and the gorilla must certainly give place to the bee and the ant.

b. transferred. A person who resembles a gorilla.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [noun] > and broadness > person

giant1559

Hercules1567

Gogmagogc1580

cob1582

Gargantuist1593

hulk1600

rhinoceros1602

colossus1605

pompiona1616

lump1630

strapper1675

man-mountain1726

Brobdingnagian1728

grenadier1805

butt-cut1806

gorilla1884

King Kong1933

hunk1941

1884 S. St. John Hayti iv. 144 Others [of the Haytian negroes] are the meanest-looking gorillas imaginable.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as gorilla-land, gorilla-skin; gorilla-built adj.

ΚΠ

1887 F. Francis Saddle & Mocassin xvii. 293 I saw one deep-chested, gorilla-built fellow.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 264 He had a splendid gun, with a gorilla skin sheath for its lock.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 278 To return to that gorilla-land forest.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gorilla
释义	gorillan. Brit. /ɡəˈrɪlə/, U.S. /ɡəˈrɪlə/ Etymology: An alleged African name for a wild or hairy man (strictly for the female only), preserved (in accusative plural γορίλλας) in the Greek account of the voyage undertaken by the Carthaginian Hanno in the 5th or 6th cent. b.c.; hence adopted in 1847 as the specific name of the ape Troglodytes gorilla, first described by Dr. T. S. Savage, an American missionary in Western Africa. a. The largest of anthropoid apes, a native of western equatorial Africa; it closely resembles man in its structure, is very powerful and ferocious, and arboreal in its habits. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > member of superfamily Hominoidea (apes and humans) > family Pongidae (ape) > genus Gorilla (gorilla) pongo1625 troglodyte1774 gorilla1853 gorilloid1946 silverback1964 1799 Naval Chron. 1 451 Another island full of savage people..whose bodies were hairy, and whom our interpreters called Gorillæ. 1847 P. Savage in Jrnl. Boston Nat. Hist. Soc. (title) A description of the external characters and habits of Troglodytes Gorilla.] 1853 R. Owen in Trans. Zool. Soc. (title) Description of Cranium of an adult male gorilla. 1861 P. B. Du Chaillu Explor. Equatorial Afr. i. 1 The fierce untameable gorilla, which approaches nearest, in physical conformation and in certain habits, to man. 1874 J. Lubbock Orig. & Metamorphoses Insects i. 6 The chimpanzee and the gorilla must certainly give place to the bee and the ant. b. transferred. A person who resembles a gorilla. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [noun] > and broadness > person giant1559 Hercules1567 Gogmagogc1580 cob1582 Gargantuist1593 hulk1600 rhinoceros1602 colossus1605 pompiona1616 lump1630 strapper1675 man-mountain1726 Brobdingnagian1728 grenadier1805 butt-cut1806 gorilla1884 King Kong1933 hunk1941 1884 S. St. John Hayti iv. 144 Others [of the Haytian negroes] are the meanest-looking gorillas imaginable. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as gorilla-land, gorilla-skin; gorilla-built adj. ΚΠ 1887 F. Francis Saddle & Mocassin xvii. 293 I saw one deep-chested, gorilla-built fellow. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 264 He had a splendid gun, with a gorilla skin sheath for its lock. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 278 To return to that gorilla-land forest. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1853
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