panda

panda — 名詞

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

1.名詞A2
釋義

熊貓；大貓熊

產於中國的黑白色大型哺乳動物，以竹為食

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.

Chen 一家人到成都，去野外看大貓熊。

common collocation: giant panda

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

去年春天，台北動物園誕生了兩隻熊貓寶寶。

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.