jaguar
jaguar 英 [ˈdʒægjuə(r)] 美 [ˈdʒæɡˌwɑr, ˈdʒæɡjuˌɑr]
n. [脊椎] 美洲虎
名词复数:jaguars
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- n. [脊椎] 美洲虎
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1. Mee questions whether it is "fair" to reintroduce a jaguar, because of not only the dwindling rainforest but also the impact "on the people who live and farm there".
梅伊阐释并再提出这种说法对美洲虎是公平的，不仅是因为热带雨林正在减少而且也会影响到那些生活和耕作在那里的人们。
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2. The jaguar has been listed since 1997 as endangered, the highest level of peril for a wild species.
1997年，美洲虎被列为濒危物种，这是野生物种面临生存危险的最高级别。
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3. A jaguar and a caiman battle in the Pantanal region of Brazil.
巴西潘塔诺尔地方一头美洲虎和一条凯门鳄大战。
- jaguar (n.) big spotted cat of the Americas (Felis onca), c. 1600, from Portuguese jaguar, from Tupi jaguara, said in old sources to denote any large beast of prey ["tygers and dogs," in Cullen's translation of Abbe Clavigero's "History of Mexico"]. Compare Tupi jacare "alligator." As a type of stylish British-made car from 1935; in this sense the abbreviation Jag is attested from 1959.
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