panda

panda — noun

1. a large mammal with a thick body, round black ears, and a white face marked by b

1.名詞A2
釋義

a large mammal with a thick body, round black ears, and a white face marked by black patches around the eyes; pandas live in the mountain forests of central China and feed mainly on bamboo.

例句

The Chen family travelled to Chengdu to see giant pandas in the wild.

common collocation: giant panda

Two baby pandas were born at the Taipei Zoo last spring.

plural form: pandas

同義詞
  • giant panda

    the formal full name; used to avoid confusion with the red panda

  • panda bear

    informal, mostly American; not used in scientific or zoo contexts

文法句型

a/the panda

pandas (plural)

用法筆記

Often called a giant panda when distinguished from the red panda, a smaller reddish-brown animal that is unrelated despite the shared name. In everyday English, panda alone almost always means the giant panda.

常見錯誤

❌I saw a panda bear at the zoo' is fine in casual speech, but ❌ 'panda bears' as a formal name is wrong.
✅I saw a giant panda at the zoo.
💡the official common name is panda or giant panda, not panda bear.
❌Pandas eat bamboos.
✅Pandas eat bamboo.
💡bamboo is usually uncountable when referring to the plant as food.