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caribou

/kar-uh-boo/US // ˈkær əˌbu //UK // (ˈkærɪˌbuː) //

驯鹿,卡里布,卡布,卡利布

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural car·i·bous, car·i·bou.

    • : any of several large, North American deer of the genus Rangifer, related to the reindeer of the Old World.

Examples

  • Grizzly bears, caribou, wolves, moose, and Dall sheep all call Denali home.

  • To this day, local Inupiat people can be seen hunting caribou during the animals’ yearly migration through Kobuk.

  • Established in 1980 to protect the Brooks Range and hundreds of miles of caribou migration lands, the park remains truly wild to this day—no services, no roads, and no trails.

  • The Gwich’in Nation relies on those caribou, and other natural resources in ANWR, to support their way of life.

  • ANWR also provides calving grounds for one of the largest remaining herds of caribou.

  • If you're weird and running for office there, the best place to start seems to be Caribou County.

  • Caribou antlers protrude from the wood paneling on the walls with hollow gift-wrapped presents dangling from the dried bone.

  • I sent him some caribou jerky from Alaska to help keep up his strength on the Senate floor.

  • Palin, who touts her caribou-hunting heritage, also tweeted, "Don't retreat, RELOAD!"

  • Caribou Island: A Novel The acclaimed author of the short-story collection Legends of a Suicide returns with his debut novel.

  • Many of them had settled here after mining at the Caribou field and other places on the Frazer River.

  • Fortunately the wind was blowing from the caribou's direction, and without scenting danger he trotted briskly along the trail.

  • Uncle Will fired again and with better effect, for the caribou stopped and wavered.

  • The new-comers gathered around the caribou and plied the successful hunters with questions.

  • Fust I knew them geysers begun for to groan egregious like, an' I seen the caribou gallopin' hell-bent south.