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cougar

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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cou·gar /ˈkuːɡə, -ɡɑː $ -ɡər, -ɡɑːr/ noun [countable]  1. cougar.jpg HBAa large brown wild cat from the mountains of western North America and South America 美洲狮 SYN mountain lion5 see picture at 见图 big catn2. American English informal an older woman in a romantic or sexual relationship with a younger man
Examples from the Corpus
cougarThese include the grizzly bear, cougar, wolverine, wolf, coyote, and bald and golden eagles.In California, cougars routinely are killed when deemed a danger to people or livestock.Nothing was paved, little was fenced; the forests were full of cougars and the streams full of fish.The measure is the latest chapter in a long battle over the status of the cougar in California.In former times the cougar was more abundant than at present...The cougar prevailed a little longer, though its bounty in Connecticut was last paid in 1769.The cougar, however, still could be restored.
Origin cougar (1700-1800) French couguar, from Modern Latin cuguacuarana, from Tupi suasuarana, from suasu deer + rana false
cou·gar nounLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
a large mountains brown from wild Corpus of the cat


cougar
cougar /ˈkuːɡə, -ɡɑː $ -ɡər, -ɡɑːr/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1700-1800
 Language: French
 Origin: couguar, from Modern Latin cuguacuarana, from Tupi suasuarana, from suasu 'deer' + rana 'false'

a large brown wild cat from the mountains of western North America and South America
   SYN  mountain lion


cou·garBrE /ˈkuːɡə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkuːɡər/ 🔊 noun (especially NAmE) = puma an older woman who seeks a sexual relationship with a much younger man “狼虎女”(追求比自己年轻得多的男子并想与之发生性关系的老女人)