(noun.) tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa.
哈利整理
双语例句
American deposits in the Miocene display a great variety of camels, giraffe camels with long necks, gazelle camels, llamas, and true camels. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Baker remarks, that no animal is more difficult to stalk than the giraffe. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
With the giraffe, the continued preservation of the individuals of some extinct high-reaching ruminant, which had the longest necks, legs, etc. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
Like the others, it was high enough for a family of giraffes to live in, and was very handsome and clean and bright-colored within. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
The air was dark with Davises, and many Joneses gamboled like a flock of young giraffes. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.