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词汇 kudu
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Definition of kudu in English:

kudu

nounPlural kudus ˈkuːduːˈkʊdʊˈkudu
  • An African antelope that has a greyish or brownish coat with white vertical stripes, and a short bushy tail. The male has long spirally curved horns.

    林羚(非洲大羚羊)

    Genus Tragelaphus, family Bovidae: two species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The trail isn't supposed to be a wildlife safari, but we sight many kudu, oryx, baboons and mountain zebra, and a huge Kori Bustard taking to the air.
    • In some areas buffalo, kudu and common duikers are a bother.
    • The 50,000 acres of land at Gourlays Ranch is a recognised wildlife conservancy, home to thousands of animals including elephants, leopards, sables and kudus.
    • Located high on a central plateau, with the Auas Mountains serving as a backdrop, it is not uncommon to spot kudu and other antelope shortly upon arrival.
    • A female kudu bounds across our path, tail curled up tight like a powder puff and a family of giraffe edges closer, adults wary, youngsters consumed with curiosity.
    • To get to class, students travel a path known as the Warthog Trot, a winding trail through the bush that's also used by giraffes, kudu, wildebeests, and impalas.
    • One of the most striking and beautiful of the antelopes, the greater kudu lives in central and southern Africa, in rocky hill country or on brush-covered plains.
    • Afterwards, I sit on my terrace and watch what may be kudus, springboks or oryxes amble to the water hole.
    • This is the first kudu ever held in captivity at Queen's Park.
    • Other animals, such as waterbucks, kudus, warthogs, and baboons, drank from the same troughs.
    • Before long, the scrubby plain has offered kudu, ostriches and a jackal.
    • Instead of the image of a kudu, the commemorative coins sport the ‘ten years of freedom’ logo.
    • The greater kudu is found throughout eastern and southern Africa, in mixed woodlands, bushlands, hills and mountains.
    • The sudden snort of a kudu could cause me to grip my rifle and prepare for the worst, until I remembered that it was not a large carnivore.
    • Our headlights started to pick out game - a kudu, an eland bull, and a warthog that scurried across our bows when it shouldn't have.
    • The favourite trophy is the kudu, due to its regal bearing, followed by the springbok.
    • If lucky, you will spot the peculiar tree-climbing python, kudu and roan antelope, a rare experience in the northern safari circuit.
    • One of the other groups came across a young female stalking a herd of kudu, and we were able to join them watching the magnificent cat loiter around our vehicles, entirely relaxed and at times only a few metres away.
    • I encountered kudus at Keetmans and just about every southern wild animal you can think of on the road between Keetmans and Lüderitz.
    • You'll camp on sandbars and islands, travel through three national parks, and watch elephants, zebras, kudus, and water bucks lazing along the shoreline.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Afrikaans koedoe, from Xhosa i-qudu.

Rhymes

hoodoo, voodoo

Definition of kudu in US English:

kudu

nounˈkuduˈko͞odo͞o
  • An African antelope that has a grayish or brownish coat with white vertical stripes, and a short bushy tail. The male has long spirally curved horns.

    林羚(非洲大羚羊)

    Genus Tragelaphus, family Bovidae: the greater kudu (T. strepsiceros) and the lesser kudu (T. imberbis)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You'll camp on sandbars and islands, travel through three national parks, and watch elephants, zebras, kudus, and water bucks lazing along the shoreline.
    • One of the other groups came across a young female stalking a herd of kudu, and we were able to join them watching the magnificent cat loiter around our vehicles, entirely relaxed and at times only a few metres away.
    • The sudden snort of a kudu could cause me to grip my rifle and prepare for the worst, until I remembered that it was not a large carnivore.
    • The 50,000 acres of land at Gourlays Ranch is a recognised wildlife conservancy, home to thousands of animals including elephants, leopards, sables and kudus.
    • To get to class, students travel a path known as the Warthog Trot, a winding trail through the bush that's also used by giraffes, kudu, wildebeests, and impalas.
    • The greater kudu is found throughout eastern and southern Africa, in mixed woodlands, bushlands, hills and mountains.
    • I encountered kudus at Keetmans and just about every southern wild animal you can think of on the road between Keetmans and Lüderitz.
    • Instead of the image of a kudu, the commemorative coins sport the ‘ten years of freedom’ logo.
    • Other animals, such as waterbucks, kudus, warthogs, and baboons, drank from the same troughs.
    • One of the most striking and beautiful of the antelopes, the greater kudu lives in central and southern Africa, in rocky hill country or on brush-covered plains.
    • If lucky, you will spot the peculiar tree-climbing python, kudu and roan antelope, a rare experience in the northern safari circuit.
    • The trail isn't supposed to be a wildlife safari, but we sight many kudu, oryx, baboons and mountain zebra, and a huge Kori Bustard taking to the air.
    • Our headlights started to pick out game - a kudu, an eland bull, and a warthog that scurried across our bows when it shouldn't have.
    • The favourite trophy is the kudu, due to its regal bearing, followed by the springbok.
    • Before long, the scrubby plain has offered kudu, ostriches and a jackal.
    • Located high on a central plateau, with the Auas Mountains serving as a backdrop, it is not uncommon to spot kudu and other antelope shortly upon arrival.
    • This is the first kudu ever held in captivity at Queen's Park.
    • Afterwards, I sit on my terrace and watch what may be kudus, springboks or oryxes amble to the water hole.
    • In some areas buffalo, kudu and common duikers are a bother.
    • A female kudu bounds across our path, tail curled up tight like a powder puff and a family of giraffe edges closer, adults wary, youngsters consumed with curiosity.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Afrikaans koedoe, from Xhosa i-qudu.

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