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    A moose is a very large brown animal in the deer family, with a heavy head, a big nose, and — on the males — huge flat that spread out like two open hands, not like the branches most deer wear. It lives in cold forests in North America, northern Europe, and parts of Asia, and it eats leaves, twigs, and bark; it will strip bark off a tree as it feeds.

    A moose一隻moose(駝鹿) is a very large brown animal in the deer family是鹿科裡一種體型非常大的棕色動物,with a heavy head, a big nose有厚重的頭、大鼻子,and而——on the males公的還——huge flat antlers that spread out like two open hands有巨大扁平、像兩隻張開的手一樣展開的鹿角,not like the pointy branches most deer wear不像大多數鹿那種尖尖分叉的角。It它 lives in cold forests in North America, northern Europe, and parts of Asia住在北美洲、北歐、和亞洲部分地區的寒冷森林裡,and而 it eats leaves, twigs, and bark吃樹葉、嫩枝、和樹皮;it will strip bark off a tree as it feeds牠進食時會把樹皮從樹上剝下來。

    In North America everyone says moose. Though actually, in Europe the very same animal is often called an elk, which is a trap, because in North America elk means a different deer (the ).

    In North America在北美洲,everyone says moose大家都說moose。Though actually不過事實上,in Europe在歐洲 the very same animal同一種動物 is often called an elk常常被叫做elk,which is a trap這是個陷阱,because in North America因為在北美洲 elk means a different deer (the wapiti)elk指的是另一種鹿(wapiti,馬鹿)。

    One moose, two moose — we do not say mooses. It is not a myth; it is just enormous, and it can be dangerous if you surprise one.

    One moose, two moose一隻moose、兩隻moose——we do not say mooses我們不說mooses。It它 is not a myth不是傳說中的動物;it is just enormous只是體型非常巨大,and而 it can be dangerous if you surprise one如果你嚇到牠,牠可能會很危險。

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組成Not an English compound. Earlier English had mus, moos, borrowed from an Eastern Algonquian name for the animal (Massachusett moos, Narragansett moos, Penobscot mos), from a Proto-Algonquian word meaning “it strips” — the way a moose strips tree bark when it feeds.

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Moosename詞源 1

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    An English surname.

Moosenoun詞源 2

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    derogatoryslurslangA Muslim.

moosenoun詞源 1/muːs/

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    The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.

    • We saw a moose at the edge of the woods.
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    Any of the extinct moose-like deer of the genera Cervalces and Libralces.

    • Europe’s giant beavers lived at the same time as the first moose, Libralces gallicus.
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    derogatoryAn ugly person.

moosenoun詞源 2/muːs/

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    slanggovernmentmilitarypoliticsAn Asian girl taken as a lover.

    • In military bases in the rear areas it was common for soldiers to have a moose.
    • Even the lowest ranked serviceman, because of his salary, benefits, and status as an American occupationaire, could afford to “maintain a ‘Moose’ and still take care of his other obligations.”

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。