zebra
斑马,斑马线,斑马纹,斑马人
Definitions
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plural ze·bras, ze·bra.
- : any of several horselike African mammals of the genus Equus, each species having a characteristic pattern of black or dark-brown stripes on a whitish background: all zebra species are threatened or endangered.
- : Also called ze·bra but·ter·fly. a tropical butterfly, Heliconius charithonius, having black wings barred with yellow.
- : a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter Z.
- : Football Slang. an official, who usually wears a black and white striped shirt.
- : British. zebra crossing.
Examples
Local news has reported that the zebras were let loose on Saturday or Sunday of last weekend, a period of time during which I was enjoying quiet time at home with family.
Taylor said it could take as long as a week for the zebras to be caught.
They’re like zebras on high alert for predators, sniffing for danger in the wind before tentatively lowering their heads to take a sip.
That’s half the speed of a galloping zebra or antelope or leopard or lion.
It wasn’t Diana Ross, who I loved, who was an early influence on me, but my mom, she’s the first woman I saw with dolman sleeves and a zebra print.
Animal prints abounded: snakeskin booties, leopard-print hot pants, zebra-printed flamingo skirts.
Glo-Fish, the neon fluorescent zebra fish, were the first genetically altered organisms to be sold as pets.
They are pointy, zebra-striped Nike Cole Haans with silver buckles strapped onto her two shiny titanium carbon fiber legs.
Blanco also says that, like Zebra Katz, Le1f is about to experience a crossover.
In a really, really short zebra-striped dress and five-inch do-me pumps.
In an occasional horse the long-lost stripes of the zebra-like ancestor reappear.
No fence will keep out a herd of zebra, and in one rush a field of grain is ruined by these giant herds.
That regular variety of the climate of the zebra has never been exhibited by either of them.
That night two of us heard the first bark of the zebra, and we thought it must be the bark of distant dogs.
If the horse is the source, or principal trunk, the zebra and the ass will be collateral branches.