tiger

英 [ˈtaɪɡə(r)]

美 [ˈtaɪɡər]

n.  虎; 老虎

复数：tigers　

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Collins.1 / BNC.4773 / COCA.5908

牛津词典

noun

• 虎；老虎
  a large wild animal of the cat family, that has yellowish fur with black lines (= stripes ) and lives in parts of Asia
  1. 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。

柯林斯词典

• See also:paper tiger

英英释义

noun

• large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes
  Synonym:Panthera tigris
• a fierce or audacious person
  1. he's a tiger on the tennis court
  2. it aroused the tiger in me

双语例句

• Only by working together can we beat the sand tiger.
  只有大家一起干，才能制服沙老虎。
• The tiger paced up and down in his cage.
  老虎在笼中走来走去。
• To ask him for help was like asking a tiger for its skin.
  向他求助无异于与虎谋皮。
• The tiger belongs to the cat family.
  老虎是猫科的一种。
• The fox pulled out the tiger's teeth.
  狐狸拔光了老虎的牙。
• How can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair?; Nothing venture, nothing have.
  不入虎穴，焉得虎子？
• Don't set free a tiger.; Don't let an evildoer go unpunished.
  不能纵虎归山。
• Either kill the tiger or be killed by him& one way or the other.
  或者把老虎打死，或者被老虎吃掉，二者必居其一。
• So this had been a trick to lure the tiger from the mountain! Zhu Laogong's lungs nearly burst with rage.
  朱老巩明白过来，是调虎离山计，一时气炸了肺。
• After the tiger was caught, it was caged.
  老虎被捉住后关进了笼子。