pronghorn

英

美

n.  叉角羚

TOEFL

COCA.24113

英英释义

noun

• fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns
  Synonym:prongbuckpronghorn antelopeAmerican antelopeAntilocapra americana

双语例句

• When a pronghorn in the herd sees danger, it raises the white patch of hair on its rump as a warning signal to the others.
  叉角羚羊群中谁发觉险情，便将它臀部上的白色毛块突起，向其他羚羊发出危险信号。
• But pronghorn have tremendous vision and are not fond of strangers, so Riis set up motion-triggered cameras to capture pictures like this.
  但是叉角羚的视力非常好，它们很不喜欢身边有陌生人，所以里斯架设起了动态捕捉照相机。上面的照片就是这样拍摄的。
• Typical of the grassland dwellers of the continent is the American antelope, or pronghorn.
  美洲羚羊，或称叉角羚，是该大陆典型的草原植物。
• But the mother pronghorn must leave her calves alone while she grazes.
  但是这位母亲叉角羚在放牧的时候必须离开她的小牛犊们。
• The pronghorn is America's fastest mammal.
  叉角羚羊是美洲跑得最快的哺乳动物。
• On a40-acre field at the edge of town where pronghorn antelope once grazed, they built it.
  在该镇周边曾经出现羚羊的40英亩的土地上建造了这座监狱。