caribou: [17] Caribou is the name of a close North American relative of the reindeer, and it refers literally to the way in which the animal scratches at the snow with its hooves to find the grass, moss, etc that it eats. It comes from Mi’kmaq galipu (Mi’kmaq is an Algonquian language of eastern Canada), meaning ‘snowshoveller’, which in Canadian French became caribou.
also cariboo, 1660s, from Canadian French caribou, from Micmac (Algonquian) kaleboo or a related Algonquian name, literally "pawer, scratcher," from its kicking snow aside to feed on moss and grass.
双语例句
1. Afar off he heard the squawking of caribou calves.
他听到远处有一群小驯鹿尖叫的声音.
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2. The Eskimos played soccer on ice and used balls filled with caribou hair and grass.
爱斯基摩人在冰上踢球,他们用的是驯鹿的毛发和草填充成的球.
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3. A band of caribou passed by, twenty and odd animals, tantalizingly within rifle range.
一群驯鹿走了过去, 大约有二十多头, 都呆在可望而不可即的来福枪的射程以内.
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4. After off he heard the squawking of caribou calves.
他听见远处传来小驯鹿的尖叫声.
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5. WOLVES dine on moose and caribou, creatures favoured by Alaska's human hunters.
