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。
comparative: unlike + [category], the + cora
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。
possessive: cora's + noun
- Arabian cora
- North African cora
- cora gazelle
- herd of cora
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。
scientific name: Cora lichens
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。
uncountable: a layer of + cora
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。
- cora lichen
- cora species
- tropical cora
- layer of cora
- cora specimen
- 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。
speaks + Cora (language, uncountable)
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。
Cora + noun (adjective use for artifacts)
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
- Cora language
- Cora culture
- Cora community
- Cora ceremonies
- speak Cora
- 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'.
常見錯誤
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