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单词 llama
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Definition of llama in English:

llama

noun ˈlɑːməˈlɑmə
  • 1A domesticated pack animal of the camel family found in the Andes, valued for its soft woolly fleece.

    Lama glama, family Camelidae, probably descended from the wild guanaco

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The listless llamas, who live with a five-year-old male llama, Murphy, and some sheep, have not left their Helmsley field for 12 months.
    • The youngster, which is the first baby llama to be born on the farm, has settled in well, and is proving a very popular attraction with visitors.
    • The circus boasts camels, zebras, llamas, dogs, pigeons and ducks, as well as clowns, jugglers, wire-walkers and trapeze artists.
    • Among the animals would be the elephants, performing sea lions, lions, llamas, and Argentine ponies, dogs and a comedy chimpanzee.
    • Reindeer, llamas and Petra, the zoo's only camel, were the star attractions, but sadly the plan was abandoned because it was deemed impractical.
    • We walk briskly on the soft sand of its otherwise-dry bed, the two Quechua Indians egging on the llamas with whistles and cries.
    • Besides llamas, Irineo and Marta maintain some 60 small sheep, a kitten and two black shepherd dogs.
    • Apparently there is another llama on the way (that will be their 3rd breeding) so once that arrives that will make them a herd or perhaps a flock.
    • Alpacas and llamas abound, as do viscachas (large rabbits) and water birds such as ducks, flamingos and weighty gulls.
    • Here, youngsters can see baby llamas, goats, tortoises, Vietnamese pot bellied pigs and, if they are lucky, see chicks being born.
    • So we didn't get diseases from llamas, but we did get diseases from pigs and sheep.
    • There was a fairly modest sized zoo here with llamas and camels and some monkeys.
    • ‘A male guard llama can cost about £500 to £600 but live for around 15 years,’ she said.
    • The only thing we don't do with our llamas and alpacas in North America is eat them!
    • When I catch up, the llamas are grazing above a deep valley whose every foot of silt has been terraced for farming.
    • There was more traffic on the roads: single riders on llamas or deer, sleds and sleighs, some wheeled wagons taking it very easy.
    • We talk constantly about her llamas and their fleece, about our patterns, about luscious yarns!
    • Franklin has surveyed ranchers using llamas to protect sheep, and found that llamas seem to be earning their keep.
    • Since then, alpacas and llamas have been extensively hybridized.
    • That's often a time for some llamas to pester each other.
    1. 1.1mass noun The wool of the llama.
    2. 1.2mass noun Cloth made from the wool of the llama.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Spanish, probably from Quechua.

Rhymes

amah, armour (US armor), Atacama, Brahma, Bramah, charmer, cyclorama, dharma, diorama, disarmer, drama, embalmer, farmer, Kama, karma, lama, Matsuyama, panorama, Parma, pranayama, Rama, Samar, Surinamer, Vasco da Gama, Yama, Yokohama
 
 

Definition of llama in US English:

llama

nounˈlɑməˈlämə
  • 1A domesticated pack animal of the camel family found in the Andes, valued for its soft woolly fleece.

    Lama glama, family Camelidae, probably descended from the wild guanaco

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There was a fairly modest sized zoo here with llamas and camels and some monkeys.
    • Among the animals would be the elephants, performing sea lions, lions, llamas, and Argentine ponies, dogs and a comedy chimpanzee.
    • The youngster, which is the first baby llama to be born on the farm, has settled in well, and is proving a very popular attraction with visitors.
    • Alpacas and llamas abound, as do viscachas (large rabbits) and water birds such as ducks, flamingos and weighty gulls.
    • Since then, alpacas and llamas have been extensively hybridized.
    • Franklin has surveyed ranchers using llamas to protect sheep, and found that llamas seem to be earning their keep.
    • The listless llamas, who live with a five-year-old male llama, Murphy, and some sheep, have not left their Helmsley field for 12 months.
    • Besides llamas, Irineo and Marta maintain some 60 small sheep, a kitten and two black shepherd dogs.
    • When I catch up, the llamas are grazing above a deep valley whose every foot of silt has been terraced for farming.
    • The only thing we don't do with our llamas and alpacas in North America is eat them!
    • Apparently there is another llama on the way (that will be their 3rd breeding) so once that arrives that will make them a herd or perhaps a flock.
    • There was more traffic on the roads: single riders on llamas or deer, sleds and sleighs, some wheeled wagons taking it very easy.
    • The circus boasts camels, zebras, llamas, dogs, pigeons and ducks, as well as clowns, jugglers, wire-walkers and trapeze artists.
    • Reindeer, llamas and Petra, the zoo's only camel, were the star attractions, but sadly the plan was abandoned because it was deemed impractical.
    • We talk constantly about her llamas and their fleece, about our patterns, about luscious yarns!
    • Here, youngsters can see baby llamas, goats, tortoises, Vietnamese pot bellied pigs and, if they are lucky, see chicks being born.
    • We walk briskly on the soft sand of its otherwise-dry bed, the two Quechua Indians egging on the llamas with whistles and cries.
    • That's often a time for some llamas to pester each other.
    • So we didn't get diseases from llamas, but we did get diseases from pigs and sheep.
    • ‘A male guard llama can cost about £500 to £600 but live for around 15 years,’ she said.
    1. 1.1 The wool of the llama.
    2. 1.2 Cloth made from the wool of the llama.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Spanish, probably from Quechua.

 
 
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