A baboon is a large, strong monkey with a long dog-like face, a short tail, and often a bare, colourful patch of skin on its bottom. They live in groups, walk on all fours, have big teeth, and can be fierce if they feel trapped or if people feed them.

A baboonbaboon is是 a large, strong monkey with a long dog-like face一種體型大、強壯，臉長得像狗的猴子，a short tail尾巴短，and而且 often a bare, colourful patch of skin on its bottom屁股上常有一塊裸露、有顏色的皮膚；they牠們 live in groups群居，walk on all fours用四肢走路，have big teeth牙齒很大，and而且 can be fierce如果覺得被困住或被人餵食就可能會兇 if they feel trapped or if people feed them。

English speakers mean the African animals (and a little into Arabia). Course books sometimes add South Asia; though actually, the lookalike monkeys people meet in South Asia are usually macaques, not baboons. A baboon is a monkey, not an ape: apes such as gorillas have no tail.

English speakers mean英語使用者說的是 the African animals非洲的這種動物（and而且 a little into Arabia也包括一點阿拉伯半島）；course books有些課本 sometimes add South Asia有時會加上南亞；though actually不過事實上，the lookalike monkeys people meet in South Asia人們在南亞遇到長得很像的猴子 are usually macaques其實通常是獼猴，not而不是 baboons狒狒；a baboon狒狒 is a monkey, not an ape是猴子，不是猿：apes such as gorillas像大猩猩這樣的猿 have no tail沒有尾巴。

The English word came from Middle English babewin / baboin, from Old French babouin, from baboue, a grimace or a muzzle — a face that looked, to people then, like a twist of the mouth. French passed the word on to other European languages. Informal talk sometimes uses baboon as a rude name for a person, meaning rough or ugly in manner; that is a stretch from the animal, and it is unkind.

The English wordEnglish word came from源自 Middle English babewin / baboin中古英文的babewin / baboin，from源自 Old French babouin古法文的babouin，from源自 baboue, a grimace or a muzzlebaboue，意思是鬼臉或嘴臉——a face that looked, to people then, like a twist of the mouth當時的人覺得那張臉像扭曲的嘴；French passed the word on to other European languages法文再把這個字傳給其他歐洲語言；informal talk非正式場合 sometimes uses baboon as a rude name for a person有時會用baboon粗魯地稱呼一個人，meaning rough or ugly in manner意思是舉止粗魯或難看；that is a stretch from the animal這是從這種動物延伸出來的用法，and而且 it is unkind不太厚道。