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dingo

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Animals
din·go /ˈdɪŋɡəʊ $ -ɡoʊ/ noun (plural dingoes) [countable]  HBAHBAan Australian wild dog 澳洲野犬,丁格犬
Examples from the Corpus
dingoMrs Chamberlain, who insisted that a dingo had killed the baby, was released after three-and-a-half years in jail.It did not disconcert Sly that he found himself addressing an audience who were all wearing false dingo ears.The tiger, the dingo is almost extinct.The dingo, too, is not much changed since those days.
Origin dingo (1700-1800) Australian Aboriginal dingu
din·go nounChineseSyllable
dog Australian Corpus wild an


dingo
dingo /ˈdɪŋɡəʊ $ -ɡoʊ/ noun (plural dingoes) [countable]
 Date: 1700-1800
 Language: Australian Aboriginal
 Origin: dingu
an Australian wild dog


dingoBrE /ˈdɪŋɡəʊ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdɪŋɡoʊ/ 🔊 noun (
plural
dingoes
)
a wild Australian dog 澳洲野犬