a giraffe
单数可数名词前需加不定冠词。
I saw a giraffe at the zoo.
我在动物园看到一只长颈鹿。
长颈鹿
长颈鹿独轮车；最高的现存四足动物；鹿豹座
a very tall African animal with a long neck and legs and a brown-spotted coat
A ruminant in the genus Giraffa of the African savannah with long legs, a highly elongated neck, yellow fur patterned with dark spots typically in the form of a network, and two or more horn-like projections called ossicones; the tallest living animal.
最高的现存四足动物
tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa
A giraffe unicycle.
The giraffe stretched its long neck to reach the leaves on the top branch.
长颈鹿伸长脖子去够顶部的树叶。
用法提示：句中“giraffe”为名词，指一种脖子很长的非洲动物。
At the zoo, children were amazed by the giraffe's beautiful spotted coat.
在动物园里，孩子们对长颈鹿美丽的有斑点的皮毛感到惊奇。
用法提示：句中“giraffe”为名词，指动物园中的动物。
A giraffe can eat hundreds of pounds of leaves each day.
长颈鹿每天能吃掉数百磅的树叶。
用法提示：句中“giraffe”为名词，表示这种动物的食量。
单数可数名词前需加不定冠词。
I saw a giraffe at the zoo.
我在动物园看到一只长颈鹿。
复数形式表示一类事物。
Giraffes are the tallest land animals.
长颈鹿是陆地上最高的动物。
定冠词表示特指或统称。
The giraffe has a very long neck.
长颈鹿有一个很长的脖子。
名词所有格表示所属关系。
A giraffe's neck can be up to 6 feet long.
长颈鹿的脖子长达6英尺。
grammar · medium
易错句子Giraffe is a tall animal.
正确表达A giraffe is a tall animal.
中文没有冠词系统，学习者常漏掉可数名词单数前的不定冠词'a'或'an'。
grammar · medium
易错句子I saw two giraffe in the zoo.
正确表达I saw two giraffes in the zoo.
可数名词复数需要加-s，giraffe的复数是giraffes，学习者容易忽略复数变化。
grammar · medium
易错句子The giraffe is very high.
正确表达The giraffe is very tall.
中文的'高'对应英语的tall（形容身高或物体从底部到顶部的高度）和high（形容位置高或数值高），描述动物身高时应用tall。
高大的长颈鹿
The tall giraffe reached the leaves at the top of the tree.
那只高大的长颈鹿够到了树顶的叶子。
长颈鹿群
A giraffe herd was moving slowly across the savannah.
一群长颈鹿正慢慢穿过热带草原。
长颈鹿幼崽
The giraffe calf stayed close to its mother.
长颈鹿幼崽紧紧跟着妈妈。
长颈鹿物种
There are four living giraffe species in Africa.
非洲有四种现存的长颈鹿物种。
长颈鹿展区
The zoo's giraffe enclosure is being expanded.
动物园的长颈鹿展区正在扩建。
与长颈鹿同属非洲草原的食草动物，身上也有条纹图案。
同为非洲草原上的大型哺乳动物，常在同一栖息地活动。
非洲草原的捕食者，与长颈鹿构成猎物与捕食者的关系。
非洲草原常见树木，长颈鹿常以其树叶为食。
长颈鹿赖以生存的典型栖息环境。
开玩笑，说笑
You're having a giraffe if you think I'm paying for that.
如果你以为我会付那笔钱，那你就是在开玩笑。
比喻集体设计往往产生奇怪或不实用的东西
The new logo is a giraffe — a horse designed by a committee.
这个新标志就是长颈鹿——一匹由委员会设计的马。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.