alpaca
/ælˈpækə/noun
(复同单, 或alpacas)
1- a long-haired domesticated South American mammal related to the llama, valued for its wool羊驼, 小羊驼。
1.1
- Lama pacos, family Camelidae, probably descended from the wild guanaco.拉丁名 Lama pacos, 骆驼科, 很可能是野生骆驼的后代。
1.2
- mass noun the wool of the alpaca羊驼毛。
1.3
- mass noun fabric made from this wool, with or without other fibres（纯, 混纺）羊驼毛织物：
as modifier an alpaca jersey.羊驼毛套衫。
词源
late 18th cent.: from Spanish， from Aymara allpaca.