hyena
hyena 英 [haɪ'i:nə] 美 [haɪˈinə]
n. [脊椎] 鬣狗，土狼
名词复数:hyenas
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- n. [脊椎] 鬣狗，土狼
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1. The hyena carrying this head and spine was giggling likemad as its clan mate chased it around.
叼着脊柱和头的鬣狗在被它的部族伙伴追逐时，像疯子一样发出“呵呵”声。
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2. He couldn’t see the hyena, but the stench of it was there, the stagnant reek of meat and sweat and piss.
他看不见鬣狗，但是他能嗅到它身上的恶臭，那混杂着肉味、汗味和尿骚的恶臭。
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3. "Maybe a hyena chewed off the face soon after it died, " White said.
“也许在它死后不久，土狼就咬掉了它的面部，”怀特说。
- hyena (n.) mid-14c., from Old French hiene, from Latin hyaena, from Greek hyaina "hyena," apparently a fem. formation from hys "pig," from PIE *su- "swine" (see sow (n.)). With fem. suffix -aina. So called for its bristles. Applied to cruel, treacherous, and greedy persons at least since 1670s. Adjectival forms that have been attempted in English include hyenaish, hyenaesque, hyenic, hyenine, hyenoid.
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