zeb·ra
noun/ˈzebrə/, /ˈziːbrə/
/ˈziːbrə/
(plural zebra, zebras)
- an African wild animal like a horse with black and white stripes (= lines) on its body
斑马 Oxford Collocations DictionaryZebra is used before these nouns:- crossing
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese, originally in the sense ‘wild ass’, perhaps ultimately from Latin equiferus, from equus ‘horse’ + ferus ‘wild’.