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camel

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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cam·el /ˈkæməl/ ●○○ noun [countable]  camel.jpg HBAa large desert animal with a long neck and either one or two humps (=large raised parts) on its back 骆驼
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camelBut Koju was, immutably, a driver and Chutra, immutably, a camel man.They are camel breeders and were once quite well off.Achaemeniann foot guards, Parthian warriors, the cavalry of Xerxes, litters, chariots, tanks, Bactrian camels.One dehydrated camel drank 186 litres of water in two bouts of 94 and 92 litres.Some days we passed other groups of Rabari with their strings of camels.An Arab's flowing robes and racing camels gleamed white against the ochre dirt.The camels were hobbled out to graze in the paddock.
nCamel trademark  na type of cigarette made in the US, with a picture of a camel on the packetOrigin camel (900-1000) Latin camelus, from Greek kamelos, from a Semitic language
cam·el nounCamelLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
desert Corpus a neck with animal one a large either and long


camel
camel /ˈkæməl/ noun [countable]
 Date: 900-1000
 Language: Latin
 Origin: camelus, from Greek kamelos, from a Semitic language

a large desert animal with a long neck and either one or two humps (=large raised parts) on its back


Camel
Camel trademark
a type of cigarette made in the US, with a picture of a camel on the packet


camelBrE /ˈkæml/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkæml/ 🔊 noun [countable] an animal with a long neck and one or two humps on its back, used in desert countries for riding on or for carrying goods 骆驼   compare dromedary [uncountable] = camel hair a camel coat驼毛外衣the last/final ˈstrawthe ˌstraw that breaks the camel's ˈbackthe last in a series of bad events, etc. that makes it impossible for you to accept a situation any longer 压垮骆驼的最后一根稻草;终于使人不堪忍受的最后一件事(或因素等)