网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 lion
释义
lion
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlaɪ.ən/us
/ˈlaɪ.ən/
A2
(femalelioness)
alargewildanimalof thecatfamilywith yellowish-brownfurthatlivesinAfricaandsouthernAsia:
狮，狮子
apride(=group)of lions狮群
picture of lion
Benedetta Barbanti/EyeEm/GettyImages
someone who isimportant,successful, orpowerful:
大师，巨匠；高人
aliterarylion文学大师
More examples
  • The lionlopedacrossthegrass.
  • The lion is amemberof thecatfamily.
  • Thegirlstoodgazinginpityat theoldlion in thecage.
  • Hewrestledthe lion to thegroundwith hisbarehands.
  • The lionslowlyreareditsheadandlookedaround.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Felines (cats)
  • Bengal tiger
  • big cat
  • calico cat
  • cat
  • cat-sit
  • declaw
  • feline
  • jaguar
  • kitten
  • leopard
  • mouser
  • ocelot
  • panther
  • Persian cat
  • puma
  • Siamese
  • tiger
  • tigress
  • tom
  • tomcat
See more results »

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Successful (things or people)

Idioms

the lion's den
the lion's share
throwsomeoneto the lions
(Definition oflionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

lion| American Dictionary

lion
noun[C]
us
/ˈlɑɪ·ən/
(femalelioness,us/ˈlɑɪ·ə·nəs/)
alarge,stronganimalof thecatfamilyfromAfricaandAsiawhich has yellow-brownfur, themalehaving alargemane(=longneckfur)

Idiom

the lion’s share ofsomething
(Definition oflionfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

lion| Business English

lion
noun
uk
/laɪən/us
the lion's share
thelargestpartof something:
Basicwomenswearcategoriesnowconstitutethe lion'sshareofclothingindustrysales.
get/take/receive the lion's shareThecompanygets the lion'sshareofitsprofitsfrompersonalcomputersales.
(Definition oflionfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflion

lion
The lion's share of the network did not follow existing routes.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, rayon and paper units are the two major industries that consume a lion's share of forest resources.
From theCambridge English Corpus
At that time, children's services took the lion's share of qualified social workers and, outside hospitals, older people received little service from qualified social workers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Here we have two lions with identical dynamic properties, but only one has functions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Higher income groups have secured the lion's share of benefits and subsidies in key sectors such as education, health and pensions provision.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The military still receives the lion's share of state resources.
From theCambridge English Corpus
About thirty percent of the utterances has a discontinuous finite predicate, and simple finite utterances make up the lion's share (around 70 %) of the corpora.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, the lion's share of the guarantee value is associated with the really bad 0 % state.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The more information obtained on lions the more we see that their social structure and behaviour is quite unique.
From theCambridge English Corpus
At first glance the lion's earn themselves a reputation of being lazy.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In times of little or no food the largest and strongest lions will eat, this behaviour means that the cubs and the weak will starve.
From theCambridge English Corpus
When a group of bachelors try to usurp a resident male's territory and females the lions display agnostic behaviourism.
From theCambridge English Corpus
From mediaeval times, the sovereign and his or her principal ministers have consulted with the judges, those" lions under the throne".
From theCambridge English Corpus
Taxes form the lion's share of the revenue that pays for our publicly provided welfare services.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Maybe more obviously, predators such as lions and other large cats cause a great loss of livestock in tropical and grassland regions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocationswithlion

lion

These are words often used in combination withlion.

Click on a collocation to see more examples of it.

bronze lion
Its facade contains a clock, and a bronze lion depicted with its snout open and devouring correspondence.
From
Wikipedia
Creatives commons iconThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
golden lion
Thegoldenliontamarins faced the potential of getting new diseases that they had not been previously exposed to.
From
Wikipedia
Creatives commons iconThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
lion cub
The ambulancemen were slightly put out to discover that they were called upon to deal with a sicklioncubrather than a sick human being.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/lion##
随便看

　

英汉词典包含213609条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。

　

Copyright © 1999-2024 qbania.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2024/12/28 9:54:46