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单词 eland
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Definition of eland in English:

eland

noun ˈiːləndˈilənd
  • A large spiral-horned African antelope which lives in open woodland and grassland.

    大角斑羚,大旋角羚羊

    Genus Tragelaphus, family Bovidae: the giant eland (T. derbianus) and the common eland (T. oryx)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Shy bushbuck, kudu, eland, impala, and elephant all take their turn whilst buffalo and waterbuck make their way to the sandy banks of the Zambesi.
    • They are typically graceful, having long legs and horns, and include the eland, wildebeest, gazelle, springbok, hartebeest, impala, etc.
    • Greater kudu, bushbuck and eland, the spiral-horned tribe of antelope approach watering points with caution because of lions which patronise these areas.
    • Animals include duikers, eland and colobus, vervet and blue monkeys.
    • Across the open grasslands are scattered various members of the antelope family - horned bushbucks, waterbucks, eland, topi, gazelle and impala.
    • In the dry season, July to November, the river is an excellent place for observing large numbers of game including lions, leopards, hunting dogs, giraffe, waterbuck, eland and warthogs.
    • The women's tribe, the Moroyok, raised antelopes, including the eland, which the Maasai claim to have been the first species of cattle.
    • There are antelope species like eland, impala, puku, waterbuck, bushbuck and kudu whereas lion leopard, wild dog and hyaena are also present.
    • Cantering herds of zebra, eland and roan antelope scatter then coalesce as we drone over them.
    • Recent estimates suggest that there are more than 12,000 elephants, 3,000 Cape buffalo, 9,000 sable antelope, 3,000 elands, and a few hundred each of leopards, lions, and spotted hyena, among other animals.
    • After a few weeks, the eland will be pregnancy tested - and the researchers will wait out the 11-month incubation period.

Origin

Late 18th century: via Afrikaans from Dutch, 'elk', from obsolete German Elend, from Lithuanian élnis.

Rhymes

Leland, Wieland, Zealand, Zeeland

Definition of eland in US English:

eland

nounˈēləndˈilənd
  • A spiral-horned African antelope that lives in open woodland and grassland. It is the largest of the antelopes.

    大角斑羚,大旋角羚羊

    Genus Taurotragus, family Bovidae: the giant eland (T. derbianus) and the common eland (T. oryx)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Recent estimates suggest that there are more than 12,000 elephants, 3,000 Cape buffalo, 9,000 sable antelope, 3,000 elands, and a few hundred each of leopards, lions, and spotted hyena, among other animals.
    • In the dry season, July to November, the river is an excellent place for observing large numbers of game including lions, leopards, hunting dogs, giraffe, waterbuck, eland and warthogs.
    • The women's tribe, the Moroyok, raised antelopes, including the eland, which the Maasai claim to have been the first species of cattle.
    • Animals include duikers, eland and colobus, vervet and blue monkeys.
    • Shy bushbuck, kudu, eland, impala, and elephant all take their turn whilst buffalo and waterbuck make their way to the sandy banks of the Zambesi.
    • Cantering herds of zebra, eland and roan antelope scatter then coalesce as we drone over them.
    • After a few weeks, the eland will be pregnancy tested - and the researchers will wait out the 11-month incubation period.
    • Across the open grasslands are scattered various members of the antelope family - horned bushbucks, waterbucks, eland, topi, gazelle and impala.
    • They are typically graceful, having long legs and horns, and include the eland, wildebeest, gazelle, springbok, hartebeest, impala, etc.
    • There are antelope species like eland, impala, puku, waterbuck, bushbuck and kudu whereas lion leopard, wild dog and hyaena are also present.
    • Greater kudu, bushbuck and eland, the spiral-horned tribe of antelope approach watering points with caution because of lions which patronise these areas.

Origin

Late 18th century: via Afrikaans from Dutch, ‘elk’, from obsolete German Elend, from Lithuanian élnis.

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