hyena
/haɪˈiːnə/
- n.
- 袋狼，残酷的人，贪婪的人
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 英语English
hyena
词源说明
From Middle English hiena, variant of hyene, from Old French hiene, from Medieval Latin hyēna, from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina). Displaced native Old English nihtgenġe (literally “night walker”).
释义
名词noun
- 1Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the family Hyaenidae, native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited.
- 2(Subsaharan Africa) A man that performs ritualized sex acts with recently widowed women and menarchal girls.