tiger

英 ['taɪgə] 美['taɪɡɚ]

n. 老虎；凶暴的人
n. (Tiger)人名；(英)泰格；(法)蒂热；(瑞典)蒂格

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英英释义

1. a fierce or audacious person;: "he's a tiger on the tennis court"; "it aroused the tiger in me"

2. large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered

词组搭配

have a tiger by the tail (亦作 be riding a tiger)

have embarked on a course of action which proves unexpectedly difficult but which cannot easily or safely be abandoned

处境比预料的困难

实用场景例句

She fought like a tiger to be able to keep her children.: 她勇猛搏斗，以便能保住她的孩子。

The tiger in the cage gave a thrilling cry.: 笼子里的老虎发出了令人毛骨悚然的吼声.

The tiger prowled through the jungle.: 老虎在森林里潜行觅食.

There is a preponderance of tiger in the forest.: 森林里老虎数量最多.

He knocked the tiger about fiercely until it lay dead.: 他挥拳痛击老虎,直到把它打死在地.

The tiger took off from the ground with a powerful spring.: 老虎从地上猛地一跃而起.

To ask him for help was like asking a tiger for its skin.: 向他求助无异于与虎谋皮.

With the capture of the escaped tiger, everyone felt relieved.: 逃出来的老虎被捕获后, 大家都松了一口气.

The tiger was enmeshed in the web laid by hunter.: 老虎缠在猎人布下的网里.

The tiger paced up and down the cage.: 老虎在笼中走来走去.

He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.: 骑虎难下.

I took part in the tiger hunt.: 我参加了猎虎.

The wounded tiger bellowed out.: 受伤的老虎咆哮着.

Among the carnivorous animals are the leopard, lion, and tiger.: 食肉动物中有豹子、狮子和老虎.

How can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair?: 不入虎穴,焉得虎子?

A cat is similar to a tiger in many respects.: 猫和虎在很多方面相似.

The managing director has the nominal power but he is a paper tiger, and it is his assistant who actually runs the company.: 总经理名义上有权,可他却是一只纸老虎, 实际管理公司的是他的助手.

With a lash of its tail the tiger leaped at her.: 老虎把尾巴一甩朝她扑过来.

Is it possible to cross a tiger with a lion?: 能不能让老虎和狮子交配?

The tiger sprang on the goat.: 老虎向山羊扑去.

The tiger fell to the hunter's gun.: 那只老虎倒在了猎人的枪口下.

After the tiger was caught, it was caged.: 老虎被捉住后关进了笼子.

Anybody who experiments with drugs is riding a tiger.: 任何做药物试验的人都要担风险.

The only way to catch tiger cubs is to go into tiger's den.: 不入虎穴焉得虎子.

The campaign will hopefully ensure the survival of the tiger.: 这场运动有望确保老虎的生存.

A tiger is a beast of prey.: 老虎是食肉的野兽.

She prowled around the room like a caged tiger.: 她像笼子里的老虎一样在屋子来回走.

The tiger retired to its den.: 那只虎退回巢穴.

The tiger prowled through the undergrowth.: 老虎悄然穿过矮树丛。

She fought like a tiger to be able to keep her children.: 她勇猛搏斗，以便能保住她的孩子。

中文词源

tiger 老虎

来自拉丁语 tigris,老虎，来自希腊语 tigris,老虎，其原义为箭，因老虎捕食猎物时箭一般的速度而得名，该希腊词借自波斯某语言，如古波斯语 tigri,箭，伊拉克巴比伦文明两河流域发源地其中之一 Tigris River,底格里斯河，字面意思为像箭一样湍急的水流，最终来自 PIE*steig,尖刺，刺穿，词源同 stick.

双语例句

1. The tiger prowled through the undergrowth.: 老虎悄然穿过矮树丛。

2. Which has spots, the leopard or the tiger?: 有斑点的是豹还是虎？

3. She fought like a tiger to be able to keep her children.: 她勇猛搏斗，以便能保住她的孩子。

4. The tiger in the cage gave a thrilling cry.: 笼子里的老虎发出了令人毛骨悚然的吼声.

5. There is a preponderance of tiger in the forest.: 森林里老虎数量最多.

英文词源

tiger: tiger: [13] English got tiger via Old French tigre and Latin tigris from Greek tígris, a word presumably of oriental origin. It was originally taken over directly from Latin in the Old English period as tigras, but this did not survive.
tiger (n.): Old English tigras (plural), also in part from Old French tigre "tiger" (mid-12c.), both from Latin tigris "tiger," from Greek tigris, possibly from an Iranian source akin to Old Persian tigra- "sharp, pointed," Avestan tighri- "arrow," in reference to its springing on its prey, "but no application of either word, or any derivative, to the tiger is known in Zend." [OED]. Of tiger-like persons from c. 1500. The meaning "shriek or howl at the end of a cheer" is recorded from 1845, American English, and is variously explained. Tiger's-eye "yellowish-brown quartz" is recorded from 1886.

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复数: tigers;

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词组搭配

have a tiger by the tail (亦作 be riding a tiger)

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