deer
/dɪə(r)/noun
1- (复同单)a hoofed grazing or browsing animal, with branched bony antlers that are shed annually and typically born only by the male鹿。参见MOUSE DEER, MOUSE DEER.
1.1
- Family Cervidae: several genera and many species.鹿科:数属, 多种。
词源
Old English dēor, also originally denoting any quadruped, used in the (now archaic) phrase small deer meaning 'small creatures collectively'; of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dier, German Tier.