zebra

zebra — noun

1. a large African mammal with a black-and-white striped coat. It lives in wild her

1.名詞A2
釋義

a large African mammal with a black-and-white striped coat. It lives in wild herds across the grasslands of Africa and is a close relative of the horse and donkey.

例句

The children at the zoo clapped when the zebra walked past their group.

Selim took a photo of the zebra as it drank from the river.

同義詞
  • Equus quagga

    the scientific name for the plains zebra; very formal and not used in everyday speech

用法筆記

The plural can be either 'zebras' or 'zebra' (e.g. 'a herd of zebra'). Zebras are wild animals from Africa and are not the same as horses, although they belong to the same family.

常見錯誤

❌I saw a zebra horse at the safari park.
✅I saw a zebra at the safari park.
💡Zebras are a separate kind of animal, not a type of horse, so you should not add 'horse' after 'zebra'.
❌The zebra crossing the street was beautiful.
✅The zebra crossed the road in the national park.
💡A 'zebra crossing' is a pedestrian walkway marked with white stripes on the road; to talk about the animal, do not use 'crossing' after 'zebra'.