cora
cora — 名詞
1. a small, fast-running gazelle with a light-brown coat, living in dry desert area
阿拉伯瞪羚
非洲及中東沙漠中的小型瞪羚
a small, fast-running gazelle with a light-brown coat, living in dry desert areas from the Middle East to North Africa
A cora stood perfectly still among the desert rocks, watching the passing jeep.
一隻阿拉伯瞪羚在沙漠岩石間靜止不動，注視著經過的吉普車。
subject + verb (stood) + location phrase
The guide pointed to a small cora grazing near the acacia trees at sunset.
嚮導指著日落時分在金合歡樹附近吃草的一隻小阿拉伯瞪羚。
countable: a + cora
Unlike most gazelles, the cora can survive for several weeks without drinking water.
與大多數瞪羚不同，阿拉伯瞪羚可以好幾個星期不喝水仍能存活。
Omar watched a herd of cora cross the dusty path ahead of his truck.
Omar 看著一群阿拉伯瞪羚越過卡車前方塵土飛揚的小徑。
The cora's pale coat helps it blend into the hot sandy landscape of the Sahara.
阿拉伯瞪羚淺棕色的皮毛讓牠們能在撒哈拉炎熱的沙地中隱藏自己。
文法句型
a + cora
the + cora
用法筆記
This is a specialist zoological term rarely used in everyday conversation. In nature documentaries or wildlife guides, speakers often use 'gazelle' or the specific subspecies name instead.
2. a type of fungus-like organism that forms a flat, leathery layer on tree trunks,
珊瑚地衣屬
生長於中南美洲潮濕森林的地衣
a type of fungus-like organism that forms a flat, leathery layer on tree trunks, rocks, or soil in humid forests across tropical parts of the Americas
A bright orange cora covered the damp tree trunk near the hiking trail.
登山步道附近一根潮濕的樹幹上覆蓋著一片亮橘色的珊瑚地衣。
cora as countable organism
Biology students collected cora samples from the forest floor during a trip to Costa Rica.
生物系學生在哥斯大黎加實地考察時，從林地上收集了珊瑚地衣樣本。
countable plural: several + cora + samples
Cora lichens grow best in the warm, wet climate of the Amazon basin.
珊瑚地衣在亞馬遜盆地溫暖潮濕的氣候下生長得最好。
A layer of cora had spread across the shaded side of the old stone wall.
一層珊瑚地衣已經蔓延到那道舊石牆陰暗的一面。
The researcher identified the specimen as a rare cora species found only in southern Brazil.
研究員鑑定該標本為一種僅見於巴西南部的稀有珊瑚地衣物種。
- lichen
broader category; cora is one genus within the lichen group
- basidiolichen
more technical term for the subgroup cora belongs to
文法句型
a + cora
cora + noun
用法筆記
In scientific writing, Cora (capitalised) is the genus name and may appear in italics. In less formal contexts the word is treated as a common noun and not capitalised. This sense is almost exclusively used by botanists and lichenologists.
3. a member of an indigenous group living mainly in the Sierra del Nayarit mountain
科拉人
墨西哥西部原住民族及其語言
a member of an indigenous group living mainly in the Sierra del Nayarit mountains of western Mexico, or the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by this group
The Cora have lived in the Nayarit mountains for centuries before the Spanish arrived.
科拉人在西班牙人到來之前已在納亞里特山區生活了數個世紀。
the + Cora (people, plural)
A young Cora woman named Lucia wove a colorful bag using traditional patterns.
一位名叫 Lucia 的年輕科拉婦人用傳統圖案編織了一個色彩鮮豔的袋子。
a + Cora + noun (member of the people)
My grandfather speaks Cora fluently, though he grew up speaking Spanish at school.
我祖父能說流利的科拉語，儘管他上學時學的是西班牙語。
The museum in Jalisco displays beautiful Cora ceremonial masks made from wood and beads.
哈利斯科州的博物館展示了精美的科拉儀式面具，由木頭和珠子製成。
Linguists estimate that roughly twenty thousand people speak Cora today across several villages.
語言學家估計目前約有兩萬人在幾個村莊中使用科拉語。
- Cora people
fuller form, emphasising the group rather than the individual
文法句型
the + Cora + plural verb
Cora + singular/plural noun
用法筆記
When referring to the entire group, 'the Cora' takes a plural verb. When referring to the language, 'Cora' is uncountable and takes a singular verb. The word can also be used as an adjective: 'Cora culture', 'Cora language'.