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词汇 bontebok
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Definition of bontebok in English:

bontebok

nounPlural bonteboksˈbɒntəbɒkˈbän(t)ēˌbäk
  • An antelope with a mainly reddish-brown coat and white face, found in eastern South Africa. It belongs to the same species as the blesbok.

    南非白纹大羚羊(与blesbok同种)

    Damaliscus dorcas dorcas, family Bovidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘It's just a matter of hours before she gives birth,’ Dominic Moss says excitedly as he peers at the bontebok's swollen belly.
    • The conservation status of the Cape mountain zebra (Equus zebra zebra), a rare and endangered mammal, was even worse than that of the bontebok.
    • Running around this landscape of giant heathers, you will also see ostriches, bonteboks, baboons and, if you are lucky, a fly-past from a blue crane.
    • He would have been happy to shoot a bontebok or an eland, but what he found grazing in the heath was a solitary bluebuck with scimitar-shaped horns.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Afrikaans, from Dutch bont 'pied' + bok 'buck'.

Definition of bontebok in US English:

bontebok

nounˈbän(t)ēˌbäk
  • An antelope with a mainly reddish-brown coat and white face, found in eastern South Africa. It belongs to the same species as the blesbok.

    南非白纹大羚羊(与blesbok同种)

    Damaliscus dorcas dorcas, family Bovidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He would have been happy to shoot a bontebok or an eland, but what he found grazing in the heath was a solitary bluebuck with scimitar-shaped horns.
    • Running around this landscape of giant heathers, you will also see ostriches, bonteboks, baboons and, if you are lucky, a fly-past from a blue crane.
    • ‘It's just a matter of hours before she gives birth,’ Dominic Moss says excitedly as he peers at the bontebok's swollen belly.
    • The conservation status of the Cape mountain zebra (Equus zebra zebra), a rare and endangered mammal, was even worse than that of the bontebok.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Afrikaans, from Dutch bont ‘pied’ + bok ‘buck’.

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