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antelope

/an-tl-ohp/US // ˈæn tlˌoʊp //UK // (ˈæntɪˌləʊp) //

羚羊,羚羊肉,羚羊座,羚牛

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural an·te·lopes, an·te·lope.

    • : any of several ruminants of the family Bovidae, chiefly of Africa and Asia, having permanent, hollow, unbranched horns.
    • : leather made from the hide of such an animal.
    • : pronghorn.

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Examples

  • There's no running water or electricity—just you and the coyotes and antelopes.

  • Critics say that conditions would have to be so exact for a human to successfully run down a deer or antelope that it seems unlikely persistence hunting was a key part of our evolution.

  • Heat waves wind around his 6-foot, 160-pound frame and distort the herd of antelope beyond him.

  • After about 7 miles, the antelope decide they’ve had enough.

  • As Potts’ team has previously found, smaller animals with diverse diets, including antelopes and pigs, became prominent at Olorgesailie during the Middle Stone Age.

  • As king, you need to understand that balance, and respect all the creatures, from the crawling ant to the leaping antelope.

  • I also write about Germans in Minnesota and have set The Antelope Wife in Minneapolis.

  • In present day New Mexico, nine men run through the plains chasing after an antelope.

  • “I just sold a half-dozen antelope, deer, and elk heads to Juicy Couture to use to decorate their stores,” he says.

  • My spurs fairly lifted the dun horse, and we scuttled in the opposite direction like a scared antelope.

  • A huge string game-bag was slung over his back, and in an antelope's horn or a crane's bill bullets were carried.

  • Several times she had startled antelope, and once her horse had shied at a rattlesnake coiled in the sunshine.

  • There was not a human habitation in sight—only antelope and buffalo to vary the monotony of perfect solitude.

  • The lesser one remained flitting about the house, or to and fro between here and Antelope Butte.