| 单词 | leopard |
| 释义 | Related topics: Animalsleop·ard /ˈlepəd $ -ərd/ noun [countable] 1. HBAa large animal of the cat family, with yellow fur and black spots, which lives in Africa and South Asia 豹 →4 See picture of 见图 BIG CAT →5 see picture at 见图 big cat2. a leopard can’t change its spots CHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENTused to say that people cannot change their character 本性难移Examples from the Corpusleopard• But we also saw all kinds of animals, like monkeys, parrots, deer, and even a leopard.• The basic leopard is spotted almost from nose to tail.• Ten miles straight up, at the mercy of bears, leopards and tigers.• During his chaste vigil he had a vision of wolves, bears, lions, leopards and unicorns.• Some leopards specialize in catching birds.• He was holding a stout branch, and impaled upon it was the bloody head of the leopard.• Singly, the leopard would defeat them, but together they can drive it away.Origin leopard (1200-1300) Old French leupart, from Late Latin leopardus, from Greek, from leon “lion” + pardos “leopard”leop·ard nounChineseSyllable cat family, Corpus large of animal the a |
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