An antelope is a graceful, fast animal of open country, with long legs and — in most kinds — horns. The horns are not the same as a deer’s antlers: they usually stay on the animal and are not shed each year.

An antelope is a graceful, fast animal of open countryantelope是一種生活在開闊地帶、優雅又敏捷的動物, with long legs有長長的腿 and — in most kinds — horns而且大多數種類都有角. The horns are not the same as a deer's antlers這些角跟鹿的鹿角不一樣: they usually stay on the animal通常會一直留在身上 and are not shed each year不會每年脫落.

Antelope is a wide name, not one species. Gazelles are antelopes; a wildebeest is an antelope too, even though it does not look dainty. English speakers sometimes say antelope when they just mean ‘that deer-like animal on the grassland in Africa or Asia’.

Antelope is a wide nameantelope是一個很廣的統稱, not one species不是單一物種. Gazelles are antelopes瞪羚是antelope; a wildebeest is an antelope too牛羚也是antelope的一種, even though it does not look dainty儘管牠看起來一點都不纖細優雅. English speakers sometimes say antelope英文使用者有時候說antelope when they just mean 'that deer-like animal on the grassland in Africa or Asia'只是泛指「那種在非洲或亞洲草原上、長得像鹿的動物」.

It has nothing to do with ants, even though the first letters look that way, and it is not ant + elope. The name came into English from French and Latin, from a Greek word whose own origin is unclear.

It has nothing to do with ants這個字跟螞蟻一點關係都沒有, even though the first letters look that way儘管開頭幾個字母看起來很像, and it is not ant + elope而且也不是ant+elope（螞蟻+私奔）. The name came into English from French and Latin這個字是從法文和拉丁文進入英文的, from a Greek word whose own origin is unclear源自一個希臘字，而那個希臘字本身的來源並不清楚.