capybara

參見：Capybara

英語

capybara

其他形式

• capibara (過時)

詞源

源自西班牙語 capibara，源自葡萄牙語 capivara，源自古圖皮語 kapi'iûara (字面意思是「吃草者」)。

發音

• (英國) 國際音標^(幫助): /kapɪˈbɑːɹə/
• (美國) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˌkæpiˈbɛɹə/, /ˌkæpiˈbɑɹə/, /ˌkæpiˈbæɹə/

名詞

capybara (複數 capybaras)

1. 水豚
   • 1876, William H. G. Kingston, The Three Lieutenants, 2010, page 430,

     「Our fires burned well,」 continued Tom, 「and we roasted our young capybara to perfection; we only wanted salt and pepper, and an onion or two to make it delicious. […] "

   • 1914, 西奧多·羅斯福，Through the Brazilian Wilderness，2004，頁號53，

     It was tenanted by the small caymans and by capybaras - the largest known rodent, a huge aquatic guinea-pig, the size of a small sheep.

   • 2009，The Illustrated Atlas of Wildlife，頁號106,

     The largest of all the 1,729 rodent species, the semi-aquatic capybara is extremely agile in the water, using its partly webbed toes like tiny paddles. Troops containing up to 20 animals live along riverbanks where young capybaras are sometimes preyed on by caimans.

近義詞

• carpinchoe

衍生詞彙

• lesser capybara (Hydrochoerus isthmius)