lion

单词音标

lion音标[\'laiәn]

汉语翻译

n. 狮子, 狮子(星)座, 国际狮子会会员

相关词组:

brave as a lion

英语解释

名词 lion:

large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male

同义词：king of beasts, Panthera leo

a celebrity who is lionized (much sought after)

同义词：social lion

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo

同义词：Leo

the fifth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about July 23 to August 22

同义词：Leo, Leo the Lion

例句

The lion attacked its victim with great ferocity.

狮子凶猛地扑向猎物。

The lion lay asleep in its den.

狮子躺在洞里睡觉。

The lion seized its prey and ate it.

狮子抓住猎物，把它吃了。

A living dog is better than a dead lion.

[谚]死狮不如活狗。

The lion was ravening the prey.

那只狮子在贪婪地吞食着捕获的猎物。

The ravenous lion tore the quarry.

饥饿的狮子撕碎了猎物。

The soldier is as brave as a lion.

这个战士象狮子一样勇猛。

详细解释

li.on

n.（名词）

A large, carnivorous, feline mammal(Panthera leo) of Africa and northwest India, having a short tawny coat, a tufted tail, and, in the male, a long heavy mane around the neck and shoulders.

狮子：非洲和印度西北部的一种大型食肉（猫科 狮） 哺乳动物，有黄褐色的短皮，尾部有丛毛，雄性在颈肩部有长而浓密鬣毛

Any of several large wildcats related to or resembling the lion.

狮的，似狮的：和狮子有关的或相似的一种大型猫科野生动物

A very brave person.

勇士：勇敢的人

A person regarded as fierce or ferocious.

凶暴的人：被认为暴躁或凶狠之人

An eminent person; a celebrity:

要人：名人；重要人物：

例句：

a literary lion.

文学名人

<习惯用语>lion`s share

The greatest or best part.

*大或*好的部分

来源：

Middle English

中古英语

from Old French

源自 古法语

from Latin leô leôn-

源自 拉丁语 leô leôn-

from Greek leôn

源自 希腊语 leôn

[of Semitic origin] ; akin to Hebrew l3bô’

[源于闪族] ；类似于 希伯来语 l3bô’