单词 | orangutan |
释义 | orangutan (ɔræŋutæn) Word forms: orangutans countable noun An orangutan is an ape with long reddish hair that comes from Borneo and Sumatra. orangutan in American English (ɔˈræŋʊˌtæn) noun a great ape (Pongo pygmaeus) with shaggy, reddish-brown hair, very long arms, small ears, and a hairless face: it is smaller than the gorilla and is found only in the swampy, coastal jungles of Borneo and Sumatra : also oˈrangouˌtang (oʊˈræŋuˌtæŋ; ɔˈræŋuˌtæŋ; əˈræŋuˌtæŋ; oʊˈræŋəˌtæŋ; ɔˈræŋəˌtæŋ; əˈræŋəˌtæŋ)Word origin Malay oraṅ utan, lit., man of the forest < oraṅ, man + utan, forest, term for savage tribes: first applied to the ape by Europeans |
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