喜樂美語
  1. 1nB2/ˈziːbrə/ · /ˈzebrə/斑馬

    A wild animal that looks like a horse and has black and white lines all over its body. Zebras live in Africa and usually move around in large groups.

    示範例句 · Example

    We saw three zebras eating grass near the trees.

    逐字我們看見三隻斑馬在樹旁邊吃草。

    「zebra」就是斑馬：長得像馬，全身都是黑白相間的條紋，野生的斑馬住在非洲的草原上。英文講到 zebra，腦中第一個浮現的通常是那身條紋，所以英式英文才把馬路上黑白相間的行人穿越道叫做 zebra crossing。可以想成「一匹身上被畫滿黑白線條的馬」——horse 多半是人養的、可以騎，zebra 幾乎都在野外自己跑。

    常見搭配

    • a herd of zebras

      一群斑馬

      a group of zebras moving and feeding together

      A herd of zebras walked slowly across the dry grass.

    • black and white stripes

      黑白條紋

      the black and white lines on a zebra's body

      Every zebra has its own pattern of black and white stripes.

    • a baby zebra

      斑馬寶寶

      a very young zebra

      A baby zebra stayed close to its mother the whole morning.

    • a zebra crossing

      斑馬線（英式說法）

      a place with white lines where people can walk across a road (British English)

      Wait for the green light before you use the zebra crossing.

core核心畫面

A horse-shaped wild animal covered in bold black-and-white stripes, moving in herds across African .

非洲草原上一匹馬的體型，全身覆著一道一道黑白相間的條紋，成群站在一起時，那些條紋會彼此交錯、糊成一片，讓人一時看不出哪一匹是哪一匹。這個字的力量幾乎全在那個視覺印象上——馬的身體加上強烈的黑白線條。也因為條紋太好認，英文裡有些東西會借它的樣子來命名，像英式英語的 zebra crossing（斑馬線），就是路面上那一道道白線讓人想起牠。

複數 zebras

原始詞典資料10 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Zebranoun

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    radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter Z.

zebranoun/ˈzɛb.ɹə/

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    Any of three species of subgenus Hippotigris: Equus grevyi, Equus quagga, or Equus zebra, all with black and white stripes and native to Africa.

    • A group of zebras can be called a dazzle.
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    slanghobbieslifestylesportsA referee.

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    slangmedicinesciencesAn unlikely diagnosis, especially for symptoms probably caused by a common ailment.

    • "It's a zebra! George. OK, I should explain. A zebra is..." "Medical slang for coming to an exotic diagnosis when a more simple explanation is more likely." "That's right. I was convinced that George, given his age and symptoms, had some kind of cardiac issue. It fit, it made sense. Because I was looking for the obvious when I should have been looking for the zebra! George is just having an allergic reaction to a combination of chemicals from all the stains and paints he's been using in the garage."
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    medicinesciencesSomeone who has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome or hypermobility spectrum disorder

    • EDS charities around the world use a zebra logo to promote the idea that sometimes it really is that ‘rare’ condition.
    • “I was told in medical school, ‘when you hear hoofbeats think horses, not zebras,’” she says. Many trainee doctors receive the same advice – when a patient presents with symptoms, “look for the common thing.” That’s why EDS patients commonly refer to themselves as zebras – and also use the fabulous collective noun “dazzle.” The name represents rarity and evokes the stripy stretch marks that are a common feature on EDS skin.
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    derogatoryslurslangA biracial person, specifically one born to a Sub-Saharan African person and a white person.

    • “People change countries for all kinds of reasons,” Ross tells me. “But at least one of them was that she had this light-skinned, mixed-race child who had already been called a zebra at school.”
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    informalA zebra cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata).

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    Any of various papilionid butterflies of the subgenus Paranticopsis of the genus Graphium, having black and white markings.

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    A zebra crossing.

    • On his way home he'd picked up two economy-sized bags of tortilla chips, and had dropped both when a twat in a Lexus honked him on a zebra . . .
另外 1 個記錄的用法
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    board-gameschessgamesA fairy chess piece that is moved three squares in one direction and two at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.

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