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单词 springbok
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Definition of springbok in English:

springbok

noun ˈsprɪŋbɒkˈsprɪŋˌbɑk
  • 1A gazelle with a characteristic habit of leaping (pronking) when disturbed, forming large herds on plains in southern Africa.

    Antidorcas marsupialis, family Bovidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And it was attracting quite a lot of animals, like springboks.
    • Afterwards, I sit on my terrace and watch what may be kudus, springboks or oryxes amble to the water hole.
    • Young springbok leap across our path during a canter through light sand dotted with grassy tufts.
    • Here springbok leapt and Cape mountain zebra grazed even as herds of black wildebeest stared at us intently and then galloped away.
    • We have impalas and springboks here at the zoo.
  • 2The South African international rugby union team.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Afrikaans, from Dutch springen 'to spring' + bok 'antelope'.

 
 

Definition of springbok in US English:

springbok

nounˈspriNGˌbäkˈsprɪŋˌbɑk
  • A gazelle with a characteristic habit of leaping (pronking) when disturbed, forming large herds on arid plains in southern Africa.

    Antidorcas marsupialis, family Bovidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Young springbok leap across our path during a canter through light sand dotted with grassy tufts.
    • We have impalas and springboks here at the zoo.
    • And it was attracting quite a lot of animals, like springboks.
    • Afterwards, I sit on my terrace and watch what may be kudus, springboks or oryxes amble to the water hole.
    • Here springbok leapt and Cape mountain zebra grazed even as herds of black wildebeest stared at us intently and then galloped away.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Afrikaans, from Dutch springen ‘to spring’ + bok ‘antelope’.

 
 
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