quagga
- 英式英标[\'kwæɡə]
- 美式音标[\'kwægə]
英文词源
- quagga (n.)
- zebra-like South African animal, 1785, from Afrikaans (1710), from the name for the beast in a native language, perhaps Hottentot quacha, probably of imitative origin. In modern Xhosa, the form is iqwara, with a clicking -q-. What was likely the last one died in an Amsterdam zoo in 1883.
实用例句
- 1. The quagga was a strikingly beautiful variant of the zebra.
- 斑驴是一种极美丽的斑马变种。
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