caribou是什么意思？

caribou

英[ˈkærɪbu:] 美[ˈkærəˌbu]

• n. （北美洲产的）驯鹿；

复数：caribou; caribous;

例句

• any of several large caribou living in forests of southern Canada 生活在加拿大南部森林中的几种大型驯鹿
• A band of caribou passed by, twenty and odd animals, tantalizingly within rifle range. 一群驯鹿走了过去, 大约有二十多头, 都呆在可望而不可即的来福枪的射程以内.
• The Eskimos played soccer on ice and used balls filled with caribou hair and grass. 爱斯基摩人在冰上踢球,他们用的是驯鹿的毛发和草填充成的球.
• Afar off he heard the squawking of caribou calves. 他听到远处有一群小驯鹿尖叫的声音.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  北美驯鹿
  A caribou is a large north American deer.

英汉词典释义

• n.
  (北美洲产的)驯鹿
  any of several large caribou living in forests of southern Canada 生活在加拿大南部森林中的几种大型驯鹿

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called reindeer in Eurasia and caribou in North America