deer

IPA/dɪə(r)/
KK[dˈɪr]IPA/dɪr/

deer — 名詞

  • deerplural

1. A wild animal that lives in forests and fields, with long thin legs and a short

1.名詞A2
釋義

鹿

森林中長角、善奔跑的野生動物

A wild animal that lives in forests and fields, with long thin legs and a short tail. Male deer grow antlers: hard branches on top of the head that fall off and grow back every year.

例句

Darius spotted three deer grazing in the field behind his uncle's farmhouse.

Darius 在他叔叔農舍後面的田地裡看到三隻鹿在吃草。

collocation: spot deer / deer grazing

Jisoo slowed her car when a deer suddenly appeared in the headlights.

Jisoo 看到一頭鹿突然出現在車頭燈前，趕緊減速。

common scenario: deer frozen in headlights

常見搭配
  • herd of deer
  • deer park
  • deer population
  • red deer
  • roe deer
  • deer hunting season
同義詞
  • doe

    a female deer — used especially when talking about the mother of a fawn

  • stag

    an adult male deer with large antlers — more formal or literary term

  • fawn

    a young deer in its first year — not interchangeable with adult deer

文法句型

deer

a deer

three deer

deer + verb

用法筆記

Deer is both singular and plural — the form never changes: one deer, three deer, a herd of deer. Never add -s for the plural.

常見錯誤

I saw three deers in the forest.
I saw three deer in the forest.
Deer has the same form for singular and plural.
The dear ran across the road.
The deer ran across the road.
Dear means 'loved' or 'expensive'; deer is the animal.
慣用語

like a deer caught in the headlights

idiom

To be so surprised or frightened by something that you cannot move or think clearly — like a deer that freezes when a car's bright lights shine on it at night.

嚇呆；不知所措

When the teacher asked Ife a question she had not prepared for, she stood there like a deer caught in the headlights.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • deer population
  • deer species
  • deer meat
  • deer hunt
  • deer park

常用片語

  • herd of deer
  • deer in the headlights
  • hunting season for deer

介系詞搭配

  • of deer
  • among deer