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oryx

/awr-iks, ohr-/US // ˈɔr ɪks, ˈoʊr- //UK // (ˈɒrɪks) //

兽人,兽性,兽皮,兽性大发

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural o·ryx·es, o·ryx.

    • : a large antelope of the genus Oryx, with pale fur and long horns: three species are native to arid regions of Africa, and the fourth inhabits Arabia.

Examples

  • If it is a young man, they should start with Oryx and Crake.

  • Harris has given much better arguments in favour of the unicorn being merely a species of oryx.

  • Toward midnight a number of oryx were seen, their long, black, sword-like horns mixed with a herd of zebra.

  • Schoverling put down another oryx and a zebra, whose flesh the Masai delighted in, though it was too tough for the others.

  • To his vast delight, von Hofe's oryx bounded high and fell dead; it was found that both bullets had gone through the heart.

  • Gradually game became apparent, and after knocking over a couple of gazelles and a fine oryx, they found a waterhole.