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词汇 chiru
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Definition of chiru in English:

chiru

noun ˈtʃɪruːˈCHiro͞o
  • A sandy-coloured Tibetan gazelle with black horns.

    藏羚,藏羚羊。亦称TIBETAN ANTELOPE

    Pantholops hodgsoni, family Bovidae

    Also called Tibetan antelope
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Four mountaineers in the high steppes of northern Tibet and northeastern China have located the key calving ground of the chiru, a rare Tibetan antelope.
    • But Chinese filmmaker Lu Chuan says he was inspired by the true story of the chiru - a rare antelope - and the Tibetan volunteers who risk their lives to protect the endangered antelope from poachers.
    • The endangered Tibetan antelope or the chiru has been chosen after a fierce global contest as one of the five mascots of the Beijing Olympics 2008.
    • The soft wool of a rare Tibetan antelope, the chiru, has been so highly prized that the animal which numbered some million in 1900 is threatened with being hunted to extinction.
    • That the chiru - gazelle-like antelopes of Tibet and China - had to be slaughtered to obtain the wool was another matter.

Origin

Late 19th century: probably from Tibetan.

Definition of chiru in US English:

chiru

nounˈCHiro͞o
  • A sandy-colored gazelle with black horns, found on the Tibetan plateau.

    藏羚,藏羚羊。亦称TIBETAN ANTELOPE

    Pantholops hodgsoni, family Bovidae

    Also called Tibetan antelope
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But Chinese filmmaker Lu Chuan says he was inspired by the true story of the chiru - a rare antelope - and the Tibetan volunteers who risk their lives to protect the endangered antelope from poachers.
    • That the chiru - gazelle-like antelopes of Tibet and China - had to be slaughtered to obtain the wool was another matter.
    • The soft wool of a rare Tibetan antelope, the chiru, has been so highly prized that the animal which numbered some million in 1900 is threatened with being hunted to extinction.
    • Four mountaineers in the high steppes of northern Tibet and northeastern China have located the key calving ground of the chiru, a rare Tibetan antelope.
    • The endangered Tibetan antelope or the chiru has been chosen after a fierce global contest as one of the five mascots of the Beijing Olympics 2008.

Origin

Late 19th century: probably from Tibetan.

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