elk

英 [elk]

美 [elk]

n.  犭罕，驼鹿，麋鹿(生活于北欧和亚洲，北美洲称moose); (美国)厄尔克思慈善互助会会员(捐款给慈善机构)

复数：elks　

BNC.36587 / COCA.6392

牛津词典

noun

• 犭罕，驼鹿，麋鹿（生活于北欧和亚洲，北美洲称moose）
  a large deer that lives in northern Europe and Asia. In N America it is called a moose .
• 犭罕，驼鹿，麋鹿（生活于北欧和亚洲，北美洲称moose）
  a large deer that lives in northern Europe and Asia. In N America it is called a moose .
• （美国）厄尔克思慈善互助会会员（捐款给慈善机构）
  a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, a US social organization that gives money to charity

柯林斯词典

• 麋鹿，驼鹿(一些英国人以 elk 称亚洲和欧洲的亚种，以 moose 称北美亚种)
  Anelkis a type of large deer. Elks have big, flat horns called antlers and are found in Northern Europe, Asia, and North America. Some British speakers useelkto refer to the European and Asian varieties of this animal, andmooseto refer to the North American variety.

英英释义

noun

• common deer of temperate Europe and Asia
  Synonym:red deerAmerican elkwapitiCervus elaphus
• large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male
  Synonym:wapitiAmerican elkCervus elaphus canadensis
• large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male
  Synonym:European elkmooseAlces alces

双语例句

• Elk and deer are gone.
  麋鹿没了，野鹿没了。
• Shortly after killing the last Yellowstone wolves in1926, park officials were culling elk by the thousands.
  1926年，即黄石公园最后一批狼被捕杀后不久，公园工作人员挑出杀死的麋鹿数以千计。
• The park is also home to elk, bighorn sheep, grizzly bears, and other Rocky Mountain fauna.
  黄石公园还是麋鹿、大角羊、灰熊和其他一些落基山脉动物生存的家园。
• They are also home to various wildlife, including bison, elk, coyotes, and prairie dogs.
  它们也是各式野生动物的家乡，包括北美野牛、洲赤鹿、狼及草原土拨鼠。
• Was very interested to watch an elk there.
  对那里的麋鹿很感兴趣。
• The group tried to make the elk more comfortable but to no avail.
  我们努力想让这只麋鹿舒服一些却徒劳无功。
• During a blinding snowstorm, they silently took down an elk a stone's throw from Eisenberg.
  在一次令人眼花缭乱的大雪中，一群狼居然在离她一箭之地悄无声息地放倒了一只麋鹿。
• When the inebriated elk was freed, it lay for a while on the ground, seemingly unconscious.
  当“醉鬼”获救后，它在地上躺了一会，昏迷不醒。
• Except for such preserves, the mountains have offered the elk their safest habitat.
  撇开这类禁猎区不说，山区为麋鹿提供了最安全的栖息场所。
• But one need not invoke elk antlers to justify progressive taxation.
  但要为实施累进税的合理性做辩护，没必要用上麋鹿角的例子。