reindeer

reindeer

英 ['reɪndɪə]
　　美 ['rendɪr]

n. [脊椎][畜牧] 馴鹿

中文詞源：

reindeer 馴鹿

來自古諾斯語 hreindyri,來自 dyr,動物，鹿，詞源同 deer,鹿，hreinn,馴鹿，來自 PIE*ker,角， 詞源同 horn.該詞 rein-本身已經表示鹿，與 rein（韁繩）沒有詞源聯系，巧合的是，這種鹿 確實大量的被人工馴養並用於拉雪橇。

例句：

1. Reindeer receded northward and eastward, and bison and horse followed.
馴鹿向北方和東方撤退, 野牛和馬也隨之而去.

2. The life of the Reindeer men was a frontier life.
馴鹿時代人的生活是一種邊區生活.

3. The herd of reindeer was being trailed by a pack of wolves.
那群馴鹿被一隻狼群尋蹤追趕上來.

4. I thought the magical reindeer made The sleighs fly.
不是魔法馴鹿讓雪橇扶搖直上的嗎?

5. Their traditional livelihood revolves around reindeer, which number about 200,000 in Finland.
他們傳統的生計是靠芬蘭國內的大約20萬隻馴鹿.