A cheetah is a big cat with a thin body, long legs, and solid black spots on gold-yellow fur. It can run extremely fast — faster than any other animal that runs on land — but only for a short time; then it has to stop and catch its breath.

A cheetah獵豹 is a big cat with a thin body, long legs, and solid black spots on gold-yellow fur是一種身體細長、腿很長、金黃色毛皮上有實心黑色斑點的大型貓科動物。 It can run extremely fast牠可以跑得非常快 — faster than any other animal that runs on land比任何一種陸上動物都快 — but only for a short time但只能維持很短的時間； then it has to stop and catch its breath然後就得停下來喘口氣

Though people often say leopard when they mean cheetah, they are not the same: a leopard is heavier, climbs well, and its spots are like rings; a cheetah is built for open grass, has black lines on its face that look like tears, and cannot roar. It purrs and it chirps.

Though people often say leopard when they mean cheetah雖然人們常常把leopard（花豹）這個字用來指獵豹 they are not the same但牠們其實不一樣： a leopard is heavier花豹比較重 climbs well很會爬樹 and its spots are like rings身上的斑點像一個個環； a cheetah is built for open grass獵豹則是為了在開闊草地上奔跑而生的 has black lines on its face that look like tears臉上有像淚痕的黑色線條 and cannot roar而且不會吼叫。 It purrs牠會發出呼嚕聲 and it chirps也會發出啾啾的叫聲

Most wild cheetahs live in Africa.

Most wild cheetahs大多數野生獵豹 live in Africa生活在非洲

The English word was borrowed from Hindi cītā, originally ‘leopard, panther,’ from Sanskrit citra ‘multicolored, speckled’ plus kāya ‘body’ — so, having a spotted body.

The English word這個英文字 was borrowed from Hindi cītā是從印地語cītā借來的 originally 'leopard, panther,'原本意思是「花豹、豹」 from Sanskrit citra 'multicolored, speckled'而cītā又來自梵語citra「多色的、有斑點的」 plus kāya 'body'加上kāya「身體」 — so, having a spotted body合起來就是「有斑點的身體」