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单词 gaur
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Definition of gaur in English:

gaur

noun ˈɡaʊəˈɡou(ə)r
  • A wild ox having a large head, a dark brown or black coat with white stockings, and a hump, native to India and Malaysia.

    (产于印度和马来西亚的)亚洲野牛,印度野牛。亦称INDIAN BISON,SELADANG

    Bos gaurus, family Bovidae; it is the ancestor of the domestic gayal

    Also called Indian bison, seladang
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A visitor had fallen into an enclosure and risked being gored to death by a herd of wild gaurs, also known as Indian bison.
    • We understand today that in the Indochinese countries, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, there are three species of wild cattle: the gaur, the banteng and the nearly extinct Kouprey.
    • This meeting ground ‘was home to some of the most fascinating, unique and diverse groups of species,’ including tigers, leopards, gaurs and elephants.
    • The nearby sanctuary is home to the barking, the spotted and the mouse deer, the gaur, the civet cat, the tiger and the elephant, besides a variety of birds and reptiles.
    • Wild cattle still run in small herds in the hilly forests of India, Burma, and the Malay peninsula, and these are the gaurs.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Sanskrit gaura; related to cow1.

Rhymes

bower, cower, devour, dower, embower, empower, endower, flour, flower, Glendower, glower, hour, lour, lower, our, plougher (US plower), power, scour, shower, sour, Stour, sweet-and-sour, tower

Definition of gaur in US English:

gaur

nounˈɡou(ə)r
  • A large wild ox native to India and Malaysia.

    Bos gaurus, family Bovidae

    Also called Indian bison, seladang
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We understand today that in the Indochinese countries, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, there are three species of wild cattle: the gaur, the banteng and the nearly extinct Kouprey.
    • Wild cattle still run in small herds in the hilly forests of India, Burma, and the Malay peninsula, and these are the gaurs.
    • A visitor had fallen into an enclosure and risked being gored to death by a herd of wild gaurs, also known as Indian bison.
    • This meeting ground ‘was home to some of the most fascinating, unique and diverse groups of species,’ including tigers, leopards, gaurs and elephants.
    • The nearby sanctuary is home to the barking, the spotted and the mouse deer, the gaur, the civet cat, the tiger and the elephant, besides a variety of birds and reptiles.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Sanskrit gaura; related to cow.

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