tiger
tiger 英 [ˈtaɪgə(r)] 美 [ˈtaɪɡɚ]
n. 老虎；
名词复数:tigers
- You can think of a tiger as your sweet pet cat's distant cousin. Easily recognizable because of its distinctive dark stripes and orange fur, the tiger is the largest of all the cats.
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- n. 老虎；
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1. tiger hunts in the night.
老虎在夜间猎食。
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2. A tiger will eat some small animals.
老虎会吃一些小动物。
- tiger (n.) Old English tigras (plural), also in part from Old French tigre "tiger" (mid-12c.), both from Latin tigris "tiger," from Greek tigris, possibly from an Iranian source akin to Old Persian tigra- "sharp, pointed," Avestan tighri- "arrow," in reference to its springing on its prey, "but no application of either word, or any derivative, to the tiger is known in Zend." [OED]. Of tiger-like persons from c. 1500. The meaning "shriek or howl at the end of a cheer" is recorded from 1845, American English, and is variously explained. Tiger's-eye "yellowish-brown quartz" is recorded from 1886.
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