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Definition of chamois in English: chamoisnoun ˈʃamwɑː 1An agile goat-antelope with short hooked horns, found in mountainous areas of Europe from Spain to the Caucasus. 岩羚羊 Genus Rupicapra, family Bovidae: two species Example sentencesExamples - Kangaroos, gazelles, zebras, llamas, Malbrouk monkeys, antelope, and chamois were all to be seen at Malmaison, and the vestibule contained rare tropical birds in large cages.
- Will the Minister also recommend that the Government levy the Department of Conservation for the deer, goats, chamois, thar, and vegetarians that live on the conservation estate; if not, why not?
- The noise scared the chamois and drove off golden eagles and other rare birds.
- In high mountainous areas of Europe and the near East, the most important prey animal for hunters is typically a goat, ibex or chamois (in the lower forested areas, it is often a deer).
- A day spent in its embrace, with only the chamois and the alpine chough for company, is a revelation.
- Two important national symbols are the linden tree and the chamois, a European antelope, both of which are abundant throughout the country.
- The people dine on chamois and boar, aurochs and mutton, bison and walrus.
- There were chamois and small bears on the avalanche slopes.
- He did research into deer, chamois and pigs, each for a period of ten years.
- Their digestive tract is adapted to break down fairly large bones such as the femur of the chamois, the small, goatlike antelope of the Alps.
- They keep the chamois snug against the crotch to limit movement and irritation.
- Our shrieks and raucous laughter ring out across the empty mountain but there is no-one to disturb apart from the chamois and bouquetin goats.
- A pioneering animal ecologist invited him to join him as a technician engaged in animal research in the Cupola Basin doing identification of plants and their flowering periods and the effect that deer and chamois had on these plants.
- Feeding mainly on small ungulates - roe deer, chamois and musk deer - lynx are capable of killing prey three to four times their own size, and in some parts of their range, they take large ungulates, including red deer and reindeer.
- He had taken another road; he would, no doubt, be sitting before the fire, with a dead chamois at his feet.
- The sites are natural bearded vulture habitat: high, rocky cliffs where the birds nest and roost, above open valleys populated with wild grazing animals such as chamois, red deer or ibexes.
- The reserve is home to not only goats, red deer, and boars but also brown bears, chamois, lynx, roe deer, and wolves, as well as numerous eagles and large vultures called lammergeiers.
- You could have possums, chamois, ferrets, stoats, flopsy bunnykins and even the common cat.
- Until then the Alps had been viewed from afar by poets and painters or been used by local people hunting chamois.
- In Masume he sold chamois skins to tanneries and there began his interest in leather.
2mass noun A type of soft pliable leather now made from sheepskin or lambskin. Example sentencesExamples - This week's star scenario could have the Piscean psyche feeling like dry chamois or one of those mechanical fish singing Take me to the River.
- After brushing, a rubdown with a chamois cloth will bring out the natural sheen in a boxer's coat.
- Crotch liners are synthetic nowadays (not real chamois leather).
- Yes, it's like thick chamois leather, very tough and it's nothing like the sort of stuff that you have on the chicken breast out of that frozen chicken or anything like that, which seems to tear in your hand.
- You may also use chamois as an alternative to the leather pieces.
- There may even be polishing of chamois techniques at certain windows by the old canal.
- Pick up several pairs of chamois or gel-padded bike shorts for your ride.
- The thought of a wet, rubbing chamois for the next six hours kept me upright.
- We can only hope this garment gets riders shaking their chamois by putting the dance in their pants.
- The chamois trousers of his borrowed Picador's costume were patched and baggy.
- She'd stripped away almost all her Rim armour, down to the breastplate and chamois breeches.
- No word if he needed to clean his chamois after that.
- ‘Lightweight means T-shirt weight up through twills, and possibly some chamois and micro suede,’ Maser says.
- These techniques give walls the dramatic effect of crushed velvet, parchment, chamois leather, watered silk or brocade.
- Skin coming from men has a consistency and quality superior to chamois.
- The sweater goes on over a chamois cloth shirt and protection is provided.
- Now a rich case lined in black chamois comes into view.
- It is machine washable, and available in the color chamois in ladies' sizes S-XL.
- People live in huts made of tuffen and wear clothes made from chamois.
- The three-layer chamois lining gives you extra padding to help prevent saddle chafing.
- 2.1count noun A piece of chamois leather, used for washing windows or cars.
(尤指清洗窗户或轿车等用的)清洁软皮 Example sentencesExamples - Peer through windows that last saw a chamois when George Formby was leaning on a lamppost at The Winter Gardens.
- The gasoline had to be filtered through a chamois, so it was about a two-hour process.
- All you'll need are two brushes and some polish, and you can even replace the chamois with a cotton cloth, old T-shirt, socks, or dishrags, which serve the same purpose.
- Use a clean, lint-free shine cloth or chamois to give your shoes the shine they deserve.
- The second car is also clean and tidy but the owner has taken a chamois to the windows, polished the exterior, used a light, pleasant air freshener inside.
- To prevent water spots, blot dry with a chamois or a damp cellulose sponge.
- She turns 23 this December and resembles a wrung out chamois on legs more than any sort of animal.
- Help them celebrate the purchase with a gift of air freshener, car wash, chamois, tire cleaner and an ice scraper?
- If you don't want to use a squeegee, you can wipe the windows with lint-free cloth, imitation chamois, or crumpled newspapers.
- This is not a pack towel or any derivative of it, as they are more or less useless, but a synthetic chamois.
- The river offered me its crumpled yellow chamois.
- Wiping the surface with a damp chamois will not leave streaks.
- Wipe off any excess debris with your dry chamois or cotton cloth; just be careful not to scratch the leather.
- Something for the car perhaps a new chamois with polish and shampoo, a book of maps or a manual.
- They tell us the trick to clean windows is a good-quality chamois.
- When your chamois or cloth gets dirty, wash it out in the cleaning solution and wring it out well.
- I wonder, when he suggests ‘polishing the Ford Blue Oval’ is this career advice for those getting the axe - just grab a chamois and forge a new career path at your local car wash?
- This is the world's first glass to use natural daylight and rain to clean itself - without a chamois in sight.
- He takes a chamois from a pocket, screws it up, puts it in another pocket.
- Remove excess water with a squeegee, then wipe with a wet (but well wrung) chamois.
OriginMid 16th century: from French, of unknown ultimate origin. Rhymesclammy, gammy, Grammy, hammy, jammy, mammae, mammee, Miami, ramie, rammy, Sammy, shammy, whammy Definition of chamois in US English: chamoisnoun 1An agile goat-antelope with short hooked horns, found in mountainous areas of Europe from Spain to the Caucasus. 岩羚羊 Genus Rupicapra, family Bovidae: R. rupicapra (of the Alps, East, and southeastern Europe), and R. pyrenaica (of the Pyrenees and Apennines, also called izard) Example sentencesExamples - He did research into deer, chamois and pigs, each for a period of ten years.
- In Masume he sold chamois skins to tanneries and there began his interest in leather.
- Our shrieks and raucous laughter ring out across the empty mountain but there is no-one to disturb apart from the chamois and bouquetin goats.
- He had taken another road; he would, no doubt, be sitting before the fire, with a dead chamois at his feet.
- There were chamois and small bears on the avalanche slopes.
- Kangaroos, gazelles, zebras, llamas, Malbrouk monkeys, antelope, and chamois were all to be seen at Malmaison, and the vestibule contained rare tropical birds in large cages.
- A pioneering animal ecologist invited him to join him as a technician engaged in animal research in the Cupola Basin doing identification of plants and their flowering periods and the effect that deer and chamois had on these plants.
- You could have possums, chamois, ferrets, stoats, flopsy bunnykins and even the common cat.
- They keep the chamois snug against the crotch to limit movement and irritation.
- Until then the Alps had been viewed from afar by poets and painters or been used by local people hunting chamois.
- The reserve is home to not only goats, red deer, and boars but also brown bears, chamois, lynx, roe deer, and wolves, as well as numerous eagles and large vultures called lammergeiers.
- Two important national symbols are the linden tree and the chamois, a European antelope, both of which are abundant throughout the country.
- The people dine on chamois and boar, aurochs and mutton, bison and walrus.
- The sites are natural bearded vulture habitat: high, rocky cliffs where the birds nest and roost, above open valleys populated with wild grazing animals such as chamois, red deer or ibexes.
- Will the Minister also recommend that the Government levy the Department of Conservation for the deer, goats, chamois, thar, and vegetarians that live on the conservation estate; if not, why not?
- Their digestive tract is adapted to break down fairly large bones such as the femur of the chamois, the small, goatlike antelope of the Alps.
- The noise scared the chamois and drove off golden eagles and other rare birds.
- A day spent in its embrace, with only the chamois and the alpine chough for company, is a revelation.
- In high mountainous areas of Europe and the near East, the most important prey animal for hunters is typically a goat, ibex or chamois (in the lower forested areas, it is often a deer).
- Feeding mainly on small ungulates - roe deer, chamois and musk deer - lynx are capable of killing prey three to four times their own size, and in some parts of their range, they take large ungulates, including red deer and reindeer.
2A type of soft pliable leather now made from sheepskin or lambskin. Example sentencesExamples - No word if he needed to clean his chamois after that.
- Crotch liners are synthetic nowadays (not real chamois leather).
- There may even be polishing of chamois techniques at certain windows by the old canal.
- Now a rich case lined in black chamois comes into view.
- The sweater goes on over a chamois cloth shirt and protection is provided.
- Skin coming from men has a consistency and quality superior to chamois.
- ‘Lightweight means T-shirt weight up through twills, and possibly some chamois and micro suede,’ Maser says.
- Yes, it's like thick chamois leather, very tough and it's nothing like the sort of stuff that you have on the chicken breast out of that frozen chicken or anything like that, which seems to tear in your hand.
- The thought of a wet, rubbing chamois for the next six hours kept me upright.
- People live in huts made of tuffen and wear clothes made from chamois.
- Pick up several pairs of chamois or gel-padded bike shorts for your ride.
- The chamois trousers of his borrowed Picador's costume were patched and baggy.
- It is machine washable, and available in the color chamois in ladies' sizes S-XL.
- These techniques give walls the dramatic effect of crushed velvet, parchment, chamois leather, watered silk or brocade.
- This week's star scenario could have the Piscean psyche feeling like dry chamois or one of those mechanical fish singing Take me to the River.
- The three-layer chamois lining gives you extra padding to help prevent saddle chafing.
- You may also use chamois as an alternative to the leather pieces.
- After brushing, a rubdown with a chamois cloth will bring out the natural sheen in a boxer's coat.
- We can only hope this garment gets riders shaking their chamois by putting the dance in their pants.
- She'd stripped away almost all her Rim armour, down to the breastplate and chamois breeches.
- 2.1 A piece of chamois leather, used for washing windows or cars.
(尤指清洗窗户或轿车等用的)清洁软皮 Example sentencesExamples - This is not a pack towel or any derivative of it, as they are more or less useless, but a synthetic chamois.
- If you don't want to use a squeegee, you can wipe the windows with lint-free cloth, imitation chamois, or crumpled newspapers.
- They tell us the trick to clean windows is a good-quality chamois.
- To prevent water spots, blot dry with a chamois or a damp cellulose sponge.
- Use a clean, lint-free shine cloth or chamois to give your shoes the shine they deserve.
- The gasoline had to be filtered through a chamois, so it was about a two-hour process.
- Something for the car perhaps a new chamois with polish and shampoo, a book of maps or a manual.
- Peer through windows that last saw a chamois when George Formby was leaning on a lamppost at The Winter Gardens.
- Wipe off any excess debris with your dry chamois or cotton cloth; just be careful not to scratch the leather.
- The second car is also clean and tidy but the owner has taken a chamois to the windows, polished the exterior, used a light, pleasant air freshener inside.
- When your chamois or cloth gets dirty, wash it out in the cleaning solution and wring it out well.
- I wonder, when he suggests ‘polishing the Ford Blue Oval’ is this career advice for those getting the axe - just grab a chamois and forge a new career path at your local car wash?
- Remove excess water with a squeegee, then wipe with a wet (but well wrung) chamois.
- The river offered me its crumpled yellow chamois.
- Help them celebrate the purchase with a gift of air freshener, car wash, chamois, tire cleaner and an ice scraper?
- This is the world's first glass to use natural daylight and rain to clean itself - without a chamois in sight.
- Wiping the surface with a damp chamois will not leave streaks.
- He takes a chamois from a pocket, screws it up, puts it in another pocket.
- She turns 23 this December and resembles a wrung out chamois on legs more than any sort of animal.
- All you'll need are two brushes and some polish, and you can even replace the chamois with a cotton cloth, old T-shirt, socks, or dishrags, which serve the same purpose.
OriginMid 16th century: from French, of unknown ultimate origin. |