kangaroo

noun
🔊/ˌkæŋɡəˈruː/
🔊/ˌkæŋɡəˈruː/
(also informal roo)
(plural kangaroos, informal roos)
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  1. a large Australian animal with a strong tail and back legs, that moves by jumping. The female carries its young in a pocket of skin (called a pouch) on the front of its body.袋鼠(产于澳大利亚)
    • Kangaroos can jump immense distances.袋鼠可以跳远距离。
    Topics Animalsb2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryKangaroo is used before these nouns:
    • court
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    Word Originlate 18th cent.: the name of a specific kind of kangaroo in an extinct Aboriginal language of North Queensland.