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/dʒəˈræf/ · /dʒəˈrɑːf/
A tall African animal with a very long neck, very long legs, and dark spots on its yellow-brown fur. It is the tallest animal alive, and it eats leaves from the tops of trees.
長頸鹿
複數 giraffes
核心畫面
Picture an animal built upwards: a very long neck and very long legs lifting its head above everything else on the African plain, its yellow-brown coat broken into dark patches, reaching leaves that no other animal on the ground can reach.
可以想成一隻整個往上長的動物：極長的脖子加上極長的腿，把頭抬到非洲草原上所有東西的上方；黃褐色的皮上分布著深色的斑塊…更多收起
可以想成一隻整個往上長的動物：極長的脖子加上極長的腿，把頭抬到非洲草原上所有東西的上方；黃褐色的皮上分布著深色的斑塊。牠是現存最高的動物，吃的是樹頂的葉子——那些站在地上的其他動物怎麼伸都碰不到的高度。這個字只有這一個意思，畫面就落在那隻正在吃樹梢的長脖子動物身上。原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
giraffenoun/dʒɪˈɹɑːf/
- 1
A ruminant in the genus Giraffa of the African savannah with long legs, a highly elongated neck, yellow fur patterned with dark spots typically in the form of a network, and two or more horn-like projections called ossicones; the tallest living animal.
- A group of giraffes is called a tower.
- 2
A giraffe unicycle.
- 3
slangA laugh.
- Are you having a giraffe?!
- 4
A very tall individual.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。