A hyena is a wild animal that looks a bit like a dog — strong shoulders, a thick neck, and often a sloping back — but it is not a dog.

A hyena is鬣狗是 a wild animal一種野生動物 that looks a bit like a dog長得有點像狗——strong shoulders, a thick neck, and often a sloping back肩膀壯、脖子粗，背部常常是傾斜的——but it is not a dog但牠不是狗。

Scientists put hyenas closer to cats and mongooses than to wolves. They live in Africa and parts of Asia, hunt as well as eat what other animals leave, and they have very strong jaws, strong enough to crack big bones.

Scientists put hyenas closer to cats and mongooses than to wolves科學家認為鬣狗跟貓、獴的關係比跟狼更近。They live in Africa and parts of Asia牠們生活在非洲和亞洲部分地區，hunt as well as eat what other animals leave既會獵食也會吃其他動物剩下的，and they have very strong jaws而且顎部非常有力，strong enough to crack big bones強到可以咬碎大骨頭。

The spotted hyena is the one famous for a call that sounds like a human laugh; not every kind of hyena “laughs,” and they make many other sounds too.

The spotted hyena is the one famous for a call that sounds like a human laugh斑鬣狗是那種以叫聲像人類笑聲聞名的種類；not every kind of hyena "laughs,"不是每種鬣狗都會「笑」，and they make many other sounds too牠們還會發出很多其他聲音。

People sometimes use hyena as an insult for someone who laughs at another person’s trouble, which is unfair to the animal. The word is ordinary enough in documentaries and stories; you do not need it for daily city life in Taiwan.

People sometimes use hyena as an insult for someone who laughs at another person's trouble有人會用hyena來罵那種嘲笑別人倒楣的人，which is unfair to the animal這對這種動物並不公平。The word is ordinary enough in documentaries and stories這個字在紀錄片和故事裡很常見；you do not need it for daily city life in Taiwan在台灣的日常城市生活裡用不太到。