英语词汇“gorilla”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	gorilla
释义	Trends of gorilla View usage for: gorilla (gərɪlə) Word forms: plural gorillas countable noun A gorilla is a very large ape. It has long arms, black fur, and a black face. gorilla in British English (ɡəˈrɪlə) noun 1. the largest anthropoid ape, Gorilla gorilla, inhabiting the forests of central W Africa. It is stocky and massive, with a short muzzle and coarse dark hair 2. informal a large, strong, and brutal-looking man Derived forms gorilla-like (goˈrilla-ˌlike) adjective gorillian (goˈrillian) or gorilline (ɡəˈrɪlaɪn) adjective gorilloid (goˈrilloid) adjective Word origin C19: New Latin, from Greek Gorillai, an African tribe renowned for their hirsute appearance gorilla in American English (gəˈrɪlə) US noun 1. the largest, and most powerful of the great apes (Gorilla gorilla), native to the jungles of equatorial Africa: the adult male weighs up to 225 kg (c. 500 lb): it is generally shy, intelligent, and vegetarian 2. Slang a. a person regarded as like a gorilla in appearance, strength, etc. b. a gangster; thug Word origin < Gr gorillai, a tribe of hairy women, recorded by Hanno, Carthaginian navigator, as the nativename in use in W Africa in the 5th c. b.c. for wild creatures found there gorilla in American English (ɡəˈrɪlə) noun 1. the largest of the anthropoid apes, Gorilla gorilla, terrestrial and vegetarian, of western equatorial Africa and the Kivu highlands, comprising the subspecies G. g. gorilla (western lowland gorilla), G. g. graueri (eastern lowland gorilla), and G. g. beringei (mountain gorilla): now rare 2. an ugly, brutish person 3. slang a hoodlum or thug, esp. one who threatens or inflicts violence Derived forms gorillalike adjective gorillian or gorilline (ɡəˈrɪlain, -ɪn) adjective gorilloid adjective Word origin [1790–1800; ‹ NL ‹ Gk Goríllās (acc. pl.) name for a race of hairy women in Hanno's account of his voyage alongthe coast of Africa (5th century b.c.)] Image of gorilla © Roman Samokhin, shutterstock Examples of 'gorilla' in a sentence gorilla How can you make us see a gorilla for the first time? Times, Sunday Times (2006) But if governments do not act to save mountain gorillas there is little hope that they will act at all. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Had it not been for the support of conservation bodies my view is that mountain gorillas could well now be extinct. The Sun (2010) As shown by numerous experiments, chimpanzees and gorillas can be taught to use signs. Harris, Marvin Cultural Anthropology (1995) What he can't see is the gorilla behind him holding a baseball bat. The Sun (2007) There are less than 1,000 mountain gorillas left in the world. The Sun (2014) It wasn't long before the little gorilla wanted to see what it was. The Sun (2010) A recent census showed that the number of mountain gorillas in the area was rising sharply. Times, Sunday Times (2011) A home to thousands of people and the last mountain gorillas. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Take a lake CRUISE to admire a lowland gorilla colony. The Sun (2015) I fancied the idea of seeing gorillas in Uganda. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The colony will be home to four lowland gorillas and looks out on to Longleat's lake. The Sun (2012) We went to see the gorillas in the mountains of the Congo and Rwanda. Times, Sunday Times (2009) This platform of existence, many millions of years old, continues today with the gorillas and chimpanzees. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Did you know that fruit drips if juice on from to the fur of western lowland gorillas in wipe Gabon, it away they with a leaf? The Sun (2007) Word lists with gorilla monkey In other languages gorilla British English: gorilla /ɡəˈrɪlə/ NOUN A gorilla is a very large ape. American English: gorilla Arabic: غُوريلا Brazilian Portuguese: gorila Chinese: 大猩猩 Croatian: gorila Czech: gorila Danish: gorilla Dutch: gorilla European Spanish: gorila animal Finnish: gorilla French: gorille German: Gorilla Greek: γορίλας Italian: gorilla Japanese: ゴリラ Korean: 고릴라 Norwegian: gorilla Polish: goryl European Portuguese: gorila Romanian: gorilă Russian: горилла Latin American Spanish: gorila Swedish: gorilla Thai: ลิงกอริลล่า Turkish: goril Ukrainian: горила Vietnamese: khỉ đột Chinese translation of 'gorilla' gorilla (ɡəˈrɪlə) n (c) (= animal) 大猩猩 (dàxīngxing) (只, zhī)
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