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tiger

noun
🔊/ˈtaɪɡə(r)/
🔊/ˈtaɪɡər/
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  1. a large wild animal of the cat family that has orange fur with black stripes (= narrow lines) and lives in parts of Asia虎；老虎
    • She fought like a tiger to be able to keep her children.她勇猛搏斗，以便能保住她的孩子。🔊🔊
    compare tigress see also paper tiger
    Extra Examples
    • A tiger was often seen prowling around the village.经常看到一只老虎在村子周围悄悄走动。
    • The zookeeper was mauled to death by a tiger.动物园饲养员被老虎咬死了。
    • a tiger-print skirt (= with a striped pattern like a tiger's fur)老虎印花裙
    Topics Animalsa2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • man-eating
    • sabretooth/​sabertooth
    • sabre-toothed/​saber-toothed
    • …
    tiger + verb
    • growl
    • roar
    • spring
    • …
    tiger + noun
    • cub
    • skin
    • stripes
    • …
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French tigre, from Latin tigris, from Greek.