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gazelle 音标拼音: [gəz'ɛl] n. 瞪羚 瞪羚 gazelle n 1: small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyesGazelle \ Ga* zelle"\, n. [ F. gazelle, OF. also, gazel; cf. Sp. gacela, Pr. gazella, It. gazella; all fr. Ar. ghaz? l a wild goat.] ( Zool.) One of several small, swift, elegantly formed species of antelope, of the genus { Gazella}, esp. { G. dorcas}; -- called also { algazel}, { corinne}, { korin}, and { kevel}. The gazelles are celebrated for the luster and soft expression of their eyes. [ Written also { gazel}.] Note: The common species of Northern Africa ({ Gazella dorcas}); the Arabian gazelle, or ariel ({ G. Arabica}); the mohr of West Africa ({ G. mohr}); the Indian ({ G. Bennetti}); the { ahu} or Persian ({ G. subgutturosa}); and the springbok or tsebe ({ G. euchore}) of South Africa, are the best known. [ 1913 Webster] 84 Moby Thesaurus words for " gazelle": Cape elk, Virginia deer, antelope, arrow, blue darter, blue streak, broad jumper, buck, bucking bronco, buckjumper, camel, camelopard, cannonball, caribou, courser, dart, deer, deerlet, doe, dromedary, eagle, eland, electricity, elk, express train, fallow deer, fawn, flash, flea, frog, giraffe, gnu, goat, grasshopper, greased lightning, greyhound, hare, hart, hartebeest, high jumper, hind, hopper, hurdle racer, hurdler, jackrabbit, jet plane, jumper, jumping bean, jumping jack, kaama, kangaroo, leaper, light, lightning, mercury, moose, mule deer, musk deer, okapi, pole vaulter, quicksilver, red deer, reindeer, rocket, roe, roe deer, roebuck, salmon, scared rabbit, shot, springbok, stag, streak, streak of lightning, striped snake, sunfisher, swallow, thought, thunderbolt, timber topper, torrent, vaulter, wildebeest, wind
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