leopard

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leop·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 Corpus

leopard• 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  

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leopard
leop‧ard /ˈlepəd $ -ərd/ noun [countable]
1. a large animal of the cat family, with yellow fur and black spots, which lives in Africa and South Asia
2. a leopard can’t change its spots used to say that people cannot change their character

leop·ardBrE /ˈlepəd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlepərd/ 🔊 nouna large animal of the cat family, that has yellowish-brown fur with black spots. Leopards live in Africa and southern Asia. 豹  ➡  compare leopardess ●a leopard cannot change its ˈspots(saying) people cannot change their character, especially if they have a bad character 本性难改；禀性难移