Word · Frequency #20489
giraffe
长颈鹿
核心释义
a very tall African animal with a long neck and legs and a brown-spotted coat
- 1.
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.
- 2.
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
- 3.
A giraffe unicycle.
长颈鹿独轮车；最高的现存四足动物；鹿豹座
用法In use
The giraffe stretched its long neck to reach the leaves on the top branch.
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.
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.
用法提示：句中“giraffe”为名词，表示这种动物的食量。
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。
giraffes
复数形式表示一类事物。
Giraffes are the tallest land animals.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- tall giraffe
- 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。
- giraffe herd
- 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。
- giraffe calf
- 长颈鹿幼崽
- The giraffe calf stayed close to its mother.长颈鹿幼崽紧紧跟着妈妈。
- giraffe species
- 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。
- giraffe enclosure
- 长颈鹿展区
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
giraffe 谐音‘急拉夫’——想象长颈鹿急着把长脖子拉高，去吃树叶。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：animal encyclopedia、zoo visit、nature documentary、children's book 这个词是中性词汇，日常交流、科普介绍和正式文本中都比较常见，没有明显的正式或口语偏好。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
以上单词与 giraffe 的美式发音 /dʒəˈræf/ 同韵，韵母均为 /æf/。注意 half 和 calf 中 l 不发音；laugh 中 gh 不发音，拼作 augh。形近词 café /kæˈfeɪ/ 读音不同，不要混淆。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.