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zebra

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ze·bra /ˈziːbrə, ˈze- $ ˈziːbrə/ noun [countable]  zebra.jpg HBAan animal that looks like a horse but has black and white lines all over its body 斑马
Examples from the Corpus
zebraInsofar as a zebra finch can be said to have a mind, the hormone is a mind-altering drug.Perhaps unsurprisingly among fifteen hundred people making black-and-white film, there was talk about zebras.We ate raclette and gelato and haggis and reindeer and zebra and water buffalo.And in the mountain zebra there is an unusual, fine grid-iron pattern along the central line.The conversation continued, punctuated by the Frenchtaxicab calls of zebra finches.A herd of zebras, hence, produces about a quarter to a third of its weight in prey carcases per year.Plus the best and most affordable selection of fake fur cushions in town - zebra, leopard, tiger among others.
Origin zebra (1600-1700) Italian wild donkey
ze·bra nounChineseSyllable
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zebra
zebra /ˈziːbrə, ˈze- $ ˈziːbrə/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Italian
 Origin: 'wild donkey'

an animal that looks like a horse but has black and white lines all over its body


zebraBrE /ˈzebrə/ 🔊NAmE /ˈzebrə/ 🔊BrE /ˈziːbrə/ 🔊NAmE /ˈziːbrə/ 🔊 noun (
plural
zebra
or
zebras
)
an African wild animal like a horse with black and white lines (= stripes) on its body 斑马