1838, from South African Dutch (in modern Afrikaans wildebees, plural wildebeeste), literally "wild beast," from Dutch wild "wild" (see wild (adj.)) + beest "beast, ox" (in South African Dutch "steer, cattle"), from Middle Dutch beeste, from Old French beste "beast" (see beast).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. a herd of wildebeest
一群牛羚
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. A captive wildebeest calf was inoculated with virulent bovine blood.
把活捉到的一頭犢角馬用有毒力的牛血液進(jìn)行了接種.
來(lái)自辭典例句
3. Other residents of the Amboseli include : buffalo, black rhino, zebra, wildebeest and other plain animals.