kangaroo
/ˌkæŋgəˈruː/noun
1- a large plant-eating marsupial with a long powerful tail and strongly developed hindlimbs that enable it to travel by leaping, found only in Australia and New Guinea袋鼠。
1.1
- Genus Macropus, family Macropodidae: several species.大袋鼠属, 袋鼠科：数种。
短语
have kangaroos in the （或one's） top paddock
- Austral. informal be mad or eccentric〈澳, 非正式〉疯狂的; 古怪的。
词源
late 18th cent.: the name of a specific kind of kangaroo in an extinct Aboriginal language of North Queensland.