| 单词 | dik-dik |
| 释义 | dik-dik|ˈdɪkdɪk| Also dikdik. [Native name in E. Africa; also in Afrikaans.] Any of several small African antelopes.
[1870W. T. Blanford Geol. & Zool. Abyssinia iii. 268 The ‘Beni Israel’ or ‘Om-dig-dig’, one of the smallest Antelopes known, abounds on the shores of the Red Sea.] 1883F. L. James Wild Tribes of Soudan ix. 76 A dik-dik..made its appearance,..uttering the peculiar cry from which it has obtained its name. 189519th Cent. Sept. 489 Besides lion and rhinoceros there were..Gerenook, Dik-Dik (Nanotragus Saltii),..and many kinds of birds. 1906Daily Chron. 23 Mar. 3/3 The dainty little Somali dik-dik. 1920Blackw. Mag. May 660/1 There is nothing to be seen of wild life save occasional tracks of dik-dik. 1928Daily Express 31 July 4 The dikdiks and smaller gazelles. 1970East African Standard 23 Jan. 6/3 There have been bushbuck, dikdik and a porcupine born to inmates of the Orphanage. Another dikdik..has been presented to the Orphanage. |
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