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okapi

/oh-kah-pee/US // oʊˈkɑ pi //UK // (əʊˈkɑːpɪ) //

奥卡比

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural o·ka·pis, o·ka·pi.

    • : an African mammal, Okapia johnstoni, closely related to and resembling the giraffe, but smaller and with a much shorter neck.

Examples

  • I am bitterly sorry and disappointed to be obliged to say it, but I think there can be no doubt that we have lost that okapi.

  • But, to their keen disappointment, no okapi made its appearance at the drinking-place that night.

  • So the meek okapi had added a few stripes on his legs, like a zebra, just to make him less like the scornful antelope.

  • An okapi is worth a hundred other animals of any kind that one can name.

  • The Okapi lives in pairs in the deepest recesses of the forest.