mahout

mahout

英 [mə'haʊt]
　　美 [mə'haʊt]

n. 象夫；管象人
　　n. (Mahout)人名；(法)馬烏

中文詞源：

mahout 馴象師

來自印度語。

例句：

1. Early one morning, Ladyface's mahout came to see him as usual.
一天清晨, “菩薩相”的看象人如常來看他.

2. He bought him from the mahout, even though he didn't really own him.
這隻狗長得好看又強壯.

3. A'mahout'is what the Indians call the special trainer and caretaker of a particular elephant.
在印度,看象人就是照顧和訓練一頭特殊大象的人.

4. The elephant, his mind filled with the night's robber - talk, suddenly attacked his mahout.
這頭大象的腦裡滿是強盜們在晚上的談話, 突然就攻擊瞭自己的看象人.