Cheetah



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 猎豹
• ［记］ 和cheese ( 奶酪) 一起记 ( A cheetah likes to eat cheese)

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural cheetahs; also cheetah)

• Etymology: Hindi cītā & Urdu chītā leopard, from Sanskrit citraka, from citra bright, variegated; akin to Old High German heitar bright — more at -hood
• Date: 1610
• a long-legged spotted swift-moving African and formerly Asian cat (Acinonyx jubatus) about the size of a small leopard that has blunt nonretractile claws

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