camel

英 ['kæm(ə)l] 美 ['kæml]

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※ 提供单词"camel"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

camel 骆驼

来自希伯来语，字线C，G原型。

camel: camel: [OE] Naturally enough, camel is of Semitic origin: Hebrew has gāmāl, for example, and Arabic jamal. It was a relative of these that was the source of Greek kámēlos, which passed via Latin camēlus into English as early as the mid 10th century. (It replaced a previous Old English olfend, a word – shared by other early Germanic languages – apparently based on the misconception that a camel was an elephant.)
camel (n.): Old English camel, perhaps via Old North French camel (Old French chamel, Modern French chameau), from Latin camelus, from Greek kamelos, from Hebrew or Phoenician gamal, perhaps related to Arabic jamala "to bear."

Another Old English word for the beast was olfend, apparently based on confusion of camels with elephants in a place and time when both were known only from travelers' vague descriptions. The Arabian have one hump (the lighter variety is the dromedary); the Bactrian have two.

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1. The camel's feet, well adapted for dry sand, are useless on mud.: 骆驼的蹄子虽然非常适合于在干沙上行走，碰到泥泞时却无计可施。

5. When fresh food and water are not available, the camel can feed off its hump.: 在得不到新鲜食物和水的时候, 骆驼可以消耗它肉峰内储存的脂肪维持生命.