rhinoceros

Word family adjectiverhinoceroticnounrhinoceros

Related topics: Animals

rhi·no·ce·ros /raɪˈnɒsərəs $ -ˈnɑː-/ noun (plural rhinoceros or rhinoceroses) [countableC]

HBAa large heavy African or Asian animal with thick skin and either one or two horns on its nose 犀牛 → hippopotamus →4 See picture of 见图 rhinoceros

Examples from the Corpus

rhinoceros• I hear that a rhinoceros flew along the Mississippi in a pink balloon, this morning.• I though it was a rhinoceros coming for me in the dark.• Among other species to be seen are elephants, buffalo, rhinoceros, impala, giraffe, zebra, baboons and monkeys.• Here, it is not doing duty for a use of rhinoceros but rather for a mention of it.• Notable among these are ivory, shells, rhinoceros horn, coral, amber and jet.• I always thought that was rhinoceros horn.• Einstein would probably have been as hopeless as anybody in working out how to catch a woolly rhinoceros.

Origin rhinoceros

(1200-1300) Latin Greek, from rhis “nose” + keras “horn”

词汇	rhinoceros
释义	rhinoceros Word family adjectiverhinoceroticnounrhinoceros Related topics: Animals rhi·no·ce·ros /raɪˈnɒsərəs $ -ˈnɑː-/ noun (plural rhinoceros or rhinoceroses) [countableC] HBAa large heavy African or Asian animal with thick skin and either one or two horns on its nose 犀牛 → hippopotamus →4 See picture of 见图 rhinoceros Examples from the Corpus rhinoceros• I hear that a rhinoceros flew along the Mississippi in a pink balloon, this morning.• I though it was a rhinoceros coming for me in the dark.• Among other species to be seen are elephants, buffalo, rhinoceros, impala, giraffe, zebra, baboons and monkeys.• Here, it is not doing duty for a use of rhinoceros but rather for a mention of it.• Notable among these are ivory, shells, rhinoceros horn, coral, amber and jet.• I always thought that was rhinoceros horn.• Einstein would probably have been as hopeless as anybody in working out how to catch a woolly rhinoceros. Origin rhinoceros (1200-1300) Latin Greek, from rhis “nose” + keras “horn”
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