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单词 gazelle
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Definition of gazelle in English:

gazelle

noun ɡəˈzɛlɡəˈzɛl
  • A small, slender antelope that typically has curved horns and a fawn-coloured coat with white underparts, found in open country in Africa and Asia.

    瞪羚,羚羊

    Gazella and other genera, family Bovidae: several species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In a terrestrial context this scenario might be likened to gazelles, wildebeests, and lions gathering around a watering hole.
    • As a leader, your job is to read the tea leaves, set a direction, and move like a gazelle, not an elephant, into the future.
    • In all fairness, his preoccupation with glancing around this way and that like an insecure gazelle in an open savanna for his pursuers was justifiable given that he still had not quite yet deciphered where he had ended up.
    • Such pets weren't limited to dogs and cats but included baboons, monkeys, and gazelles.
    • Add up all the lions, elephants, warthogs, giraffes, gazelles, zebras, impalas, topis and hyenas that live on these plains and they fail to outnumber the gnus.
    • The western part of Kenya's largest national park boasts the Mzima crystal springs, a haven for hippos, elephants, gazelles, zebras, and giraffes.
    • Every morning in Africa, a gazelle gets up in the morning and starts running, knowing that that very day it has to outrun some lion that is waiting to prey on it.
    • Cheetahs and gazelles are parts of each other's environment, and a change in the behaviour of one represents a change in the environment of the other.
    • It is no accident that sheep, bulls, gazelles and cats have been found carefully buried and preserved in their own graves.
    • True to her style, even in those movements she was more a wild gazelle than a stampeding rhinoceros.
    • Here, photographers can get vantage points to compose shots of elephants, rhinos, cheetahs, hyenas, gazelles and waterbucks.
    • Our catalogue lists 2,318 specimens: wild pigs, deer, cattle, gazelles, sheep and goats, rhinos, bears and other carnivores, primates, and even some marsupials.
    • In the next two hours, we came across many black buffalo, herds of zebra and numerous gazelles.
    • Cheetahs use their speed to outrun their prey, which includes such fleet-footed creatures as gazelles and wildebeests.
    • These guys are happy to tell you where they found gazelles or vice versa.
    • Fleet-footed animals, such as gazelles and cheetahs, aren't the only livings things that rely on speed for their survival.
    • It's a hot water bottle in my mountain-lodge bed, overlooking gazelles and hyenas at a watering hole.
    • The gestation period was five months, a timetable shared by the slender-horned gazelle, blackbuck antelope, and pygmy goat.
    • And it's not just wildebeest: zebras and gazelles are also on the move, tracked by hungry lions and cheetahs.
    • One student, for example, utilized their model of gazelles and grass to model the interaction between lions and gazelles using the appropriate substitutions, which is not an easy thing for students to grasp.

Origin

Early 17th century: from French, probably via Spanish from Arabic ghazāl.

Rhymes

Adele, Aix-la-Chapelle, aquarelle, artel, au naturel, bagatelle, béchamel, befell, bell, belle, boatel, Brunel, Cadell, carousel, cartel, cell, Chanel, chanterelle, clientele, Clonmel, compel, Cornell, crime passionnel, dell, demoiselle, dispel, dwell, el, ell, Estelle, excel, expel, farewell, fell, Fidel, fontanelle, foretell, Gabrielle, gel, Giselle, hell, hotel, impel, knell, lapel, mademoiselle, maître d'hôtel, Manuel, marcel, matériel, mesdemoiselles, Michel, Michelle, Miguel, misspell, morel, moschatel, Moselle, motel, muscatel, nacelle, Nell, Nobel, Noel, organelle, outsell, Parnell, pell-mell, personnel, propel, quell, quenelle, rappel, Raquel, Ravel, rebel, repel, Rochelle, Sahel, sardelle, sell, shell, show-and-tell, smell, Snell, spell, spinel, swell, tell, undersell, vielle, villanelle, well, yell

Definition of gazelle in US English:

gazelle

nounɡəˈzelɡəˈzɛl
  • A small slender antelope that typically has curved horns and a yellowish-brown coat with white underparts, found in open country in Africa and Asia.

    瞪羚,羚羊

    Gazella and other genera, family Bovidae: several species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In a terrestrial context this scenario might be likened to gazelles, wildebeests, and lions gathering around a watering hole.
    • And it's not just wildebeest: zebras and gazelles are also on the move, tracked by hungry lions and cheetahs.
    • In all fairness, his preoccupation with glancing around this way and that like an insecure gazelle in an open savanna for his pursuers was justifiable given that he still had not quite yet deciphered where he had ended up.
    • True to her style, even in those movements she was more a wild gazelle than a stampeding rhinoceros.
    • Fleet-footed animals, such as gazelles and cheetahs, aren't the only livings things that rely on speed for their survival.
    • Every morning in Africa, a gazelle gets up in the morning and starts running, knowing that that very day it has to outrun some lion that is waiting to prey on it.
    • It is no accident that sheep, bulls, gazelles and cats have been found carefully buried and preserved in their own graves.
    • These guys are happy to tell you where they found gazelles or vice versa.
    • Here, photographers can get vantage points to compose shots of elephants, rhinos, cheetahs, hyenas, gazelles and waterbucks.
    • Cheetahs use their speed to outrun their prey, which includes such fleet-footed creatures as gazelles and wildebeests.
    • One student, for example, utilized their model of gazelles and grass to model the interaction between lions and gazelles using the appropriate substitutions, which is not an easy thing for students to grasp.
    • As a leader, your job is to read the tea leaves, set a direction, and move like a gazelle, not an elephant, into the future.
    • Add up all the lions, elephants, warthogs, giraffes, gazelles, zebras, impalas, topis and hyenas that live on these plains and they fail to outnumber the gnus.
    • Such pets weren't limited to dogs and cats but included baboons, monkeys, and gazelles.
    • The gestation period was five months, a timetable shared by the slender-horned gazelle, blackbuck antelope, and pygmy goat.
    • In the next two hours, we came across many black buffalo, herds of zebra and numerous gazelles.
    • It's a hot water bottle in my mountain-lodge bed, overlooking gazelles and hyenas at a watering hole.
    • Cheetahs and gazelles are parts of each other's environment, and a change in the behaviour of one represents a change in the environment of the other.
    • Our catalogue lists 2,318 specimens: wild pigs, deer, cattle, gazelles, sheep and goats, rhinos, bears and other carnivores, primates, and even some marsupials.
    • The western part of Kenya's largest national park boasts the Mzima crystal springs, a haven for hippos, elephants, gazelles, zebras, and giraffes.

Origin

Early 17th century: from French, probably via Spanish from Arabic ghazāl.

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